What is ADR (a public document register)?

ADR is the public server for a view of your document register. Anyone can see the entries you choose, without logging in. Public bodies must have one under the Public Information Act. Webware publishes it on a separate server, so your working system stays protected.

Do we need a separate server for using Public Secure Share (ADR) Module?

Not always. ADR is part of Webware and can run on the same server. If your system is in an internal network, a separate public server keeps it protected.

Can we control what becomes public via using Public Secure Share?

Yes. You choose which document types, entries and fields are public, with an optional delay before publishing.

What are the technical requirements for using Public Secure Share?

ADR uses two servers: Internal server: your Webware, inside your internal network or behind a VPN. Public server: shows only public entries and files. Nobody logs in there. How data moves: One way only. The internal server always starts the sync. The public server can’t connect back to your network. Once a day. Public entries are copied daily. Your internal register is always up to date. Database: PostgreSQL (port 5432). Files: rsync over SSH (encrypted).

Can the public server reach our internal system?

No. The sync is one-way and initiated by your internal system; the public server has no access back into your network.

Publish your public documents without exposing your system

Under the Public Information Act, public bodies must keep a public document register. Webware’s ADR module publishes it for you.

Only the documents and fields you mark as public are copied to a separate public server.

Built for public sector and regulated organizations

PROBLEM

Publishing documents shouldn't expose your system

Public bodies have to make certain documents available to everyone. But putting your live system on the open internet invites bot traffic and risk.

Sharing files by email instead means you lose track of what's exposed.

SOLUTION

Show only what's public on a separate, locked-down server

Public Secure Share (ADR) is an extra modul for Webware.

You decide which document types, entries and fields are public. Webware copies only those to a separate public server. Nobody can log in there, and data only flows one way: out.

Your working system stays in your internal network.

"Super convenient solution for the public sector"

Kati Karu

Co-founder, Generix

How does Public Secure Share (ADR public) work?

1. Set the rules, then mark each document

Admins decide which document types, entries and fields can be public. When registering a document, users choose any access restriction and its legal basis. The legal basis sets how long the restriction lasts.

2. Webware mirrors only public data

Once a day, Webware sends only the public entries and files to the public server.
That server can’t reach your network.

3. The public sees the register

Anyone can view the register on the public server.
Your working system stays hidden and safe

Why use Public Secure Share?

Meet your legal duty to publish documents, without opening your system to the internet.

Meet disclosure obligations

Provide the public document register that the Public Information Act requires of public bodies.

Keep your working system protected

Your live environment stays inside your network or behind a VPN; only data you've marked public ever leaves it.

Secure: Less to attack

Even if someone breaks into the public server, they find only public information. Never your internal documents.

Bots don’t slow you down

Bots and search engines use the public copy, not the system your team works in.

Who Public Secure Share is for?

Estonian public-sector bodies that must run a public document register under the Public Information Act.

Also any organisation that wants to publish documents while keeping its own system off the internet.

Set up your public document register

Tell us what needs to be public. We’ll set up the register with you, and a separate public server if you need one.

Other Webware modules

Modules add what your organisation needs on top of the Webware platform: system integration, signing and sealing, document exchange and archive handover.

Publish your public documents without exposing your system

Built for public sector and regulated organizations

Publishing documents shouldn't expose your system

Show only what's public on a separate, locked-down server

"Super convenient solution for the public sector"

How does Public Secure Share (ADR public) work?

1. Set the rules, then mark each document

2. Webware mirrors only public data

3. The public sees the register

Why use Public Secure Share?

Meet disclosure obligations

Keep your working system protected

Secure: Less to attack

Bots don’t slow you down

Who Public Secure Share is for?

Set up your public document register

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E-Seal

Microsoft SSO

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Adobe PDF signing

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Partner Secure Share

FAQ: Public Secure Share