CORRECTION: You are right about the (real life) notaries function, still being necessary.
As far as I am informed, by my contributorship within CEN & ETSI -EESSI and CEN-NIS, there is still no solution for (very) long TERM Storage AND RETRIEVAL of documents, key pairs, certificates, relating algorithms, software used etc. Greetings, Nap -----Original Message----- From: Florian Weimer [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 22, 2005 7:42 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: cryptography@metzdowd.com Subject: Re: Qualified Certificate Request * Nap van Zuuren: > Might be a nice (intellectual) crypto-exercise, but I am afraid that the > concept of the Qualified Signature will not get a widespread > implementation, expect for very specific areas/disciplines. That's by design, all those notaries public don't like being replaced by smartcards. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.9.4/57 - Release Date: 22/07/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.9.7/60 - Release Date: 28/07/2005 --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
