Introducing Message Signing

We have been working hard over the last few months to provide a secure Open Charging Network. Our focus has partly been on developing message signing and verifying functionality. Today we can introduce our method for enabling secure message transfer across the network.

As message signing may be a new concept for some, we aim to introduce it slowly. Right now, in the node provided in the public test environment, message signing is optional. The OCN node currently has a feature toggle for message signing, wherein turning it on enforces OCN Signatures in request headers and turning it off means that the signature will only be verified if the header is present. The provided public test environment node has the message signing requirement turned off, so that users can experiment and play around with it first. Once the production network launches, message signing will be a requirement.

For more technical information about message signing, visit our wiki page here.