James A. Donald wrote: >> A notary is a certifier. Have you ever seen a notary >> read the stuff he notarizes, let alone generate it?
William Allen Simpson wrote: > Actually, I deal with notaries regularly. I've always > had to physically sign while watched by the notary. > They always read the stuff notarized, and my > supporting identification, because they are notarizing > a signature (not a document). Not true. Because they are notarizing a signature, not a document, they check my supporting identification, but never read the document being signed. > And yes, they always generate the stamp or imprint > they sign. To do otherwise would be irresponsible (and > illegal). If they were to generate an MD5 hash of documents prepared by someone else, then the attack described (eight different human readable documents with the same MD5 hash) works. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
