Richard, On Jul 20, 2012, at 9:40 AM, Richard L. Barnes wrote:
> > On Jul 20, 2012, at 11:56 AM, Dave Crocker wrote: > >> On 7/20/2012 7:25 AM, Richard L. Barnes wrote: >>> We have the technology. Surely a CMS signed object (or even just an HTTPS >>> download) would provide adequate authentication that it came from the IETF. >>> And it doesn't seem like we would have a problem providing authenticated >>> documents to the world. >> >> >> Do you know that these are acceptable to most/all courts? >> >> d/ > > > IANAL, so no. But what else are we going to provide that's better? > We are doing things like signing internet-drafts and RFCs to make this possible, but it will be a long while before the courts catch up. They are not exactly early adopters of things like this :-) Bob
