17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
Eric Hughes says:
From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@imsi.com>
Digital "signatures" are the first real unforgeable authentication technology mankind has developed.
Impossibility is a pretty strong concept, and here, as elsewhere, it's an exaggeration.
Naturally -- but the other methods were complete jokes -- forging a signature requires nothing more than a pen and slight practice.
The concept of forgery adheres to the person committing the act, not the act itself.
Indeed -- which is why witnesses used to be the primary verification technology, and not graphologists... Perry