possibly a real live business example would also be helpful .... to explain what is going on the real world, everyday in normal business backrooms as a matter of course. see recent posting about versigns online service offering
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/aepay10.htm#62 VeriSign unveils new online identity verification services somewhat as an aside ... one of these things that my wife and I had to do when we were working with this small client/server company on what became to be called electronic commerce and payment gateway ... was due dilligence on the major certification authorities ... and do an examination of their backroom process. http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/aadsm5.htm#asrn2 http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/aadsm5.htm#asrn3 http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2001i.html#52