According to the AP, U.S. House and Senate negotiators have reached a
compromise on legislation that will set national standards for digital
signatures and the like. Details are in
http://www.nandotimes.com/no_frames/technology/story/0,4500,500213819-500301920-501670828-0,00.html
Steve Bellovin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
According to the AP, U.S. House and Senate negotiators have reached a
compromise on legislation that will set national standards for digital
signatures and the like. Details are in
For purposes of clarification, the proposed federal law deals with
'electronic signatures' defined as:
| (5) ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE.-- The term electronic signature means an
| electronic sound, symbol, or process, attached to or logically
| associated with a contract or other record and
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], "
P.J. Ponder" writes:
I think Perry is right, generally speaking. An argument could certainly
be made - with or without this federal act, or without any of the various
state laws on the books - that a _real_ digital signature (like an RSA
digital signature) is
