From a technical point of view, electronic signature mainly refers to a security measure that gives the parties a specific electronic password through a specific technical scheme to ensure that the password can prove the identity of the parties and at the same time ensure that the contents of the materials sent by the sender are not tampered with.

The main purpose of electronic signature is to confirm the identity of the sender of the data message through technical means, to ensure that the content of the transmitted file has not been tampered with, and to solve the problem that the sender denies having sent or received the information afterwards. Therefore, the results of verification and decryption must be different from those of calculation, thus ensuring the authenticity and integrity of electronic information.

Electronic authentication, like electronic signature, is a security mechanism in e-commerce and a service provided by a specific institution to verify the authenticity of electronic signature and its signer. Electronic authentication refers to the activities of a specific third-party organization to verify the authenticity of a signature and its electronic signature through certain methods.

Electronic authentication is mainly used for the credit security of electronic transactions to ensure the authenticity and reliability of traders in the open network environment. Electronic authentication is to ensure that a person's identity information or specific information has not been modified or replaced during transmission. Electronic authentication can be carried out between two parties or by a third party.