!!! Overview
[{$pagename}] is an [Identity Management Architecture] which government agencies of the [Netherlands], including the Tax and Customs Administration and Dienst Uitvoering Onderwijs, can use to verify the [identity|Digital Identity] of Dutch residents on the [Internet].

In 2015 it was used for 200 million authentications by 12 million citizens.[1] The system is tied to the Dutch [National Identification Number] (burgerservicenummer, BSN). The system has been mandatory when submitting tax forms electronically since [2006|Year 2006].

In July [2011|Year 2011], DigiNotar, the company that was providing the [certificates] used for [{$pagename}] under the [PKI] [root|Root Certificate]-CA PKIoverheid, suffered the theft of hundreds of certificate codes. Although not directly linked to [certificates] used by [{$pagename}], the result of the hack was that the government lost its trust in certificates issued by the company, both under their own root [CA] as well as the [certificates] under the government's root PKI overheid. Prosecutors said they would investigate the [United States]-owned, Netherlands-based DigiNotar.


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* [#1] - [DigiD|Wikipedia:DigiD|target='_blank'] - based on information obtained 2017-11-28