Submitting a Secure Form


What occurs on the form Users computer

A FormsAssurity form looks and appears just like any other form when it loads in the user’s browser.  When the applet loads the user will get a message asking if he/she trusts the applet that has been signed and distributed by your company.  If they reply ‘yes’ to this two small .jar files will download to the users computer – one displaying the secure form, the other containing the encryption and signing engine.

The form user fills in the form just like any other form.  When they press the Submit button, the form is automatically encrypted (plus any files they have attached) using the public keys contained in the form, and sent to the email addresses specified in those public keys and any other email addresses you have specified.

If you have requested that the  form user digitally signs the form then on pressing the Submit button the user will be asked for the location of their private key and the password for this key.  If this information is entered correctly the form (and any attachments) will also be digitally signed before the form is submitted.


NOTE : Client Prerequisites
Suns JRE v1.4.2 or above must be installed on the client computer in order for users to view secure forms. This comes as standard on Windows XP computers with SP1b or above installed or computers with the Netscape browser installed. When FormsAssurity loads it will detect whether this is present and if not ask the user if they wish to install it. If the user selects NO the applet will not load and the secure form will not be displayed.