> 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
Here's an interesting hypothesis that also touches on Perry's followup.
Digital signature "laws" are the result of PKI vendors trying to create a
market.
Does anyone really need non-repudiation? Cf the IETF PKIX WG blowing up as
they
try to cram semantics into one bit (1<<6 I think) and then give up.
/r$
