I'm starting get the hang of this. I mean, fertilizer...crypto, crypto...fertilizer: They're both *munitions*, right? Right? :-) Cheers, RAH -------- <http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=117201#> Express India Desire safety on Net? (n) code has the solution Express News Service Ahmedabad, February 9: ADDRESSING a wide spectrum of needs of the Net-dependent business world ranging from online buying to signing and sending web forms, (n) code solutions, promoted by IT branch of the Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizer Company Limited, has launched its nationwide services at NASSCOM, India Leadership Forum 2005. (n) code solutions has been recently licensed by the IT ministry as certifying authority for providing digital signature certificates to individuals and organisations. Digital certificates can be explained as digital passports, which help in authentication of the bearer on the Internet. This also helps maintain, privacy and integrity of Net-based transactions. Digital signatures are accorded the same value as paper-based signatures of the physical world by the Indian IT Act 2000. Each of these functions help bring trust in Net-based transactions. (n) code has simultaneously released a suite of applications like, (n) procure, (n) sign, (n) form and (n) pay to make use of digital signatures to ensure safety and security in the virtual world in various ways. (n) code has also put in motion, nationwide machinery to support different market segments like banking and financial institutions, public and private sector enterprises and state and central government organisation. -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah@ibuc.com> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'