Re: How a Digital Signature Works

2004-08-12 Thread Dave Howe
R. A. Hettinga wrote: The publisher first has to obtain a digital certificate from a recognized "certificate authority" or CA (VeriSign (VRSN ) is the largest and best known CA in the U.S.). The publisher receives a private and a public key, each of which is a long number of about 300 digits. Thes

Re: How a Digital Signature Works

2004-08-10 Thread bear
On Tue, 10 Aug 2004, Matt Crawford wrote: >> NEWS ANALYSIS :TECH >> By Stephen H. Wildstrom >> >> How a Digital Signature Works > >Is this a "count the errors" contest? I count six. Standard stuff, really. The reporter misunderstands something,

Re: How a Digital Signature Works

2004-08-10 Thread Matt Crawford
NEWS ANALYSIS :TECH By Stephen H. Wildstrom How a Digital Signature Works Is this a "count the errors" contest? I count six. - The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

How a Digital Signature Works

2004-08-10 Thread R. A. Hettinga
<http://www.businessweek.com/print/technology/content/aug2004/tc20040810_3053_tc024.htm?tc> Business Week AUGUST 10, 2004 NEWS ANALYSIS :TECH By Stephen H. Wildstrom How a Digital Signature Works Microsoft's new Service Pack makes life tough for programs lacking the proper