RE: Digital signatures (was Software and Safety)

2003-09-05 Thread Peter L. Tarver
Hans - I cannot attest to just how secure it is, but Adobe Acrobat 4.0 and up (I have 5.0) supports digital signatures and will not allow modification of the document, other than applying other (or new) signatures, without a password (once set). I've received a number of document forms in Adobe

RE: Digital signatures (was Software and Safety)

2003-08-25 Thread Brian O'Connell
: Digital signatures (was Software and Safety) On a slightly off-topic subject (but may be of interest to many) I am exploring digital signatures that are difficult to forge or copy or replicate without authorization. As an example, signing a test document or approving a test plan, all

Re: Digital signatures (was Software and Safety)

2003-08-25 Thread T.Sato
On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 09:16:01 -0700, hansm hans.mellb...@baclcorp.com wrote: On a slightly off-topic subject (but may be of interest to many) I am exploring digital signatures that are difficult to forge or copy or replicate without authorization. As an example, signing a test document or

Digital signatures (was Software and Safety)

2003-08-25 Thread hansm
- forum' emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 5:20 AM Subject: Re: Software and Safety Jim Folks Possibly not a lot of use to you guys in the US etc, but my company, ERA Technology Ltd, runs courses on software safety in the UK - see www.era.co.uk. I have been on several

Re: Software and Safety

2003-08-25 Thread John Allen
Jim Folks Possibly not a lot of use to you guys in the US etc, but my company, ERA Technology Ltd, runs courses on software safety in the UK - see www.era.co.uk. I have been on several and they are not too bad! Therefore I say this not to promote the company as such but to bring them

RE: Software and Safety

2003-08-22 Thread Jim Eichner
and Safety Dear All, Many of today's equipment utilizes software which is also relied for safety. This is true in Machinery, NEBS, Alarm Systems, Medical Systems and CPU cooling in many computers, etc. I am interested in articles and links discussing software and safety in all of the above

RE: Software and Safety

2003-08-22 Thread Brian O'Connell
- From: oover...@lexmark.com [ mailto:oover...@lexmark.com] Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 4:18 AM To: peter merguerian Cc: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: Re: Software and Safety Peter, This isn't an article but it is an excellent book in the scope of your question. The Amazon.com

Re: Software and Safety

2003-08-22 Thread oover...@lexmark.com
11:54:07 AM Please respond to peter merguerian pmerguerian2...@yahoo.com Sent by:owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org To:emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org cc: Subject:Software and Safety Dear All, Many of today's equipment utilizes software which is also relied for safety. This is true

Re: Software and Safety

2003-08-21 Thread richhug...@aol.com
interested in articles and links discussing software and safety in all of the above and additional product categories. Peter Peter, Take a look at the IEC 61508 series of functional safety standards. While CPU cooling in computers could rely on software, I would have thought that the purely

Software and Safety

2003-08-21 Thread peter merguerian
Dear All, Many of today's equipment utilizes software which is also relied for safety. This is true in Machinery, NEBS, Alarm Systems, Medical Systems and CPU cooling in many computers, etc. I am interested in articles and links discussing software and safety in all of the above and additional