Sheesh.! Cheers, Bob Hettinga --- begin forwarded text Sender: e$@thumper.vmeng.com Reply-To: Rodney Thayer <rodney@sabletech.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Precedence: Bulk Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 09:01:46 -0500 From: Rodney Thayer <rodney@sabletech.com> To: Multiple recipients of <e$@thumper.vmeng.com> Subject: eTrust -- EFF+CommerceNet (from the ISOC newsletter) * ELECTRONIC-COMMERCE STANDARDS GROUP FORMED In a push to encourage online commerce, the Electronic Frontier Foundation and CommerceNet have teamed up to implement eTrust, a global initiative that would allow qualified merchants to bear the eTrust logo. The initiative has thus far formed a standards body made up of such companies as Coopers & Lybrand, the Firefly Network, and Test Drive. This body, dubbed the Commercial Guidelines and Auditing Standards Committee, has developed a series of guidelines for an accreditation program, which the group will take through a pilot phase towards the end of the year. A commercial offering and a pricing structure are expected in the first quarter of 1997. More information is available at http://www.etrust.org. (Cowles/SIMBA Media Daily 10/17/96). Rodney Thayer <rodney@sabletech.com> +1 617 332 7292 Sable Technology Corp, 246 Walnut St., Newton MA 02160 USA Fax: +1 617 332 7970 http://www.shore.net/~sable Communications Software Development --- end forwarded text ----------------- Robert Hettinga (rah@shipwright.com) e$, 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "The cost of anything is the foregone alternative" -- Walter Johnson The e$ Home Page: http://www.vmeng.com/rah/