eIDAS: Pilot project on Qualified Web Authentication Certificates (QWACs)

The European Commission is currently running a pilot project on Qualified Web Authentication Certificates (QWACs), the ntQWACs project.

This initiative follows discussions between the European Commission and web browsers on how to stimulate the uptake of QWACs, as defined in the eIDAS Regulation. Web browsers suggested a technical implementation that decouples QWACs into an attribute certificate and a base certificate, which are cryptographically linked.

More information on this project and link to the presentation below.