Broadcast News

Bookmark and Share
31/01/2024

Digital Alert Systems Announces Availability Of Update Of FEMA Digital Certificates

News Image
Digital Alert Systems has announced the availability of a necessary update of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) digital certificates used to authenticate messaging from the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS).

The company has released updated IPAWS Certificate Authority (CA) credentials for the DASDEC™ and One-Net™ series of Emergency Alert System/Common Alerting Protocol (EAS/CAP) encoder/decoders to replace the current certification chain that expires on April 14.

This is a free update for all U.S. DASDEC and One-Net users. The new certificate is fully functional right now, so customers are advised to replace the existing certificate to ensure the required message authentication continues to operate correctly. Digital Alert Systems reminds all EAS participants that the FCC requires them to "configure their systems to reject all CAP-formatted EAS messages that include an invalid digital signature."

"We teamed up with FEMA and have fully tested this new certificate to ensure current and future compatibility, so customers can begin loading it right now," said Adam Jones, senior sales engineer for Digital Alert Systems. "We appreciate FEMA getting these out so quickly, and our customers will be pleased to know this new certificate is good until March of 2031! No additional software update is required for this new certificate, and, of course, there is no cost to our customers."

The new certificates will also be packaged with the forthcoming DASDEC V5.3 release, so customers planning to update to that version can wait and get their certificates then if they wish, as long as they do it before April 14.

FEMA uses digital certificates to create a chain of trust between an EAS device and the IPAWS servers. Publicly trusted certificate authorities issue digital certificates. The DASDEC and One-Net EAS/CAP devices use these digital certificates to validate the authenticity of IPAWS-sourced CAP alerts. In this case, the old CA is changing, requiring the new CA to publish replacement certificates.

All DASDEC and One-Net customers using the IPAWS system must have the latest certificates in place so that the devices only process messages authenticated through IPAWS. Users not updating their equipment before April 14 could see this error message: "Event Log: Digital Signature VERIFICATION ERROR: Signer UNTRUSTED! Check for correct CAP decoder CA file." Alternatively, the device might simply ignore valid IPAWS alerts.

www.digitalalertsystems.com
VMI.TV Ltd

Top Related Stories
Click here for the latest broadcast news stories.

24/04/2024
Digital Alert Systems, Telos Alliance And Nautel Join Forces
Digital Alert Systems, Telos Alliance and Nautel have joined forces to reimagine EAS alerting for radio's increasingly virtual, IP-driven world. This
03/04/2024
Digital Alert Systems Introduces Version 5.3 For DASDEC And One-NET Platforms
Digital Alert Systems has introduced Version 5.3 of its software for compatible DASDEC™ and One-Net™ platforms. Version 5.3 contains not just security
17/10/2023
Digital Alert Systems Releases Version 5.2 Software
Digital Alert Systems has released its Version 5.2 software for compatible DASDEC™ and One-Net™ emergency messaging devices. Version 5.2 is another ad
24/11/2015
Middle Atlantic Awards Over 350 Certificates During First Annual AV Academy
Middle Atlantic Products has launched the company's AV Academy to train the consultant and contractor community on today's most innovative AV technolo
13/03/2009
BBFC Selects Digital Rapids Ingest And Encoding Systems For Massive Digital Archive Initiative
Digital Rapids, a leading provider of tools and solutions for bringing television, film and web content to wider audiences, has announced that the Bri
02/06/2004
Pinnacle Systems update ShowCenter digital media receiver
Pinnacle Systems has released ShowCenter 1.5, the newest version of its set-top digital media receiver. The new version adds personal video recorder (
04/12/2018
Visix Releases beta Version Of AxisTV Alert Software Application
Visix has released a beta version of their new AxisTV Alert software application for digital signage. The new alerting platform gives customers time-s
10/12/2024
Palmer Digital Group Exhibits At Digital Signage Experience Exhibition
Palmer Digital Group is attending the Digital Signage Experience exhibition floor for the first time. Exhibiting at Booth 3511, Palmer Digital Board (
08/02/2024
Palmer Digital Group Wins Additional Digital Menu Board Business
Palmer Digital Group has won additional digital menu board business with iconic ice cream shop Rainbow Cone, a Chicagoland institution since 1926. Fol
17/08/2023
Palmer Digital Group Unveils New Line Of On-Wall Outdoor Digital Menu Boards
Palmer Digital Group has announced a new line of on-wall outdoor digital menu boards for the restaurant industry. The new series targets QSRs and fast
23/05/2023
SFL Appoints Origiins Digital As Its Digital Partner
Origins Digital has been chosen by the Swiss Football League (SFL) as its digital partner for two projects aimed at advancing the SFL's online ecosyst
11/03/2022
Aaton-Digital Announces Its CantarMini Digital Sound Recorder Is Now Deliverable
Aaton-Digital has announced that its CantarMini digital sound recorder is now deliverable equipped with an Audinate 16x16 Dante board. Company preside
19/06/2019
Digital Nirvana Appoints Director Of Digital Development
Digital Nirvana has appointed Ed Hauber as its director of business development. Reporting to Russell Wise, senior vice president of sales and marketi
03/02/2017
Aaton Digital Unveils New Cantar Mini Digital Portable Sound
Aaton Digital has unveiled its new Cantar Mini 16 track digital portable mixer-sound recorder at BSC Expo 2017 in London. The Cantar Mini is based on
29/10/2015
SMPTE Digital Library Available In IEEE Xplore Digital Library
IEEE and the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) have announced the SMPTE Digital Library has been incorporated into the IEEE X