-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- In article <94120509115477@nzdairy.co.nz>, DNA <Tony.Gurnick@nzdairy.co.nz> wrote:
Could the cypher punks automatic signing also be used as a distributed timestamping service?
Absolutely. That was one of my financial motivations for writing the code, and why the "Gratis" is mentioned in the comment. As is, I don't think there's a market available for it yet... but having the code is a good hedge, as is the increased awareness that it's a possible use of digital signatures. - -- Todd Masco | "Roam home to a dome, Where Georgian and Gothic once stood cactus@hks.net | Now chemical bonds alone guard our blond(e)s, cactus@bb.com | And even the plumbing looks good." - B Fuller - --- [This message has been signed by an auto-signing service. A valid signature means only that it has been received at the address corresponding to the signature and forwarded.] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 Comment: Gratis auto-signing service iQBFAwUBLuIp3ioZzwIn1bdtAQH2cQGAthnwkpw6QvfJspGfZ1Dkxu1Yh+x8Wikv RC8evXmgyQBbUpr3TA7k0GGFR8YWD6GV =A8+p -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
From: cactus@seabsd.hks.net (L. Todd Masco) [regarding timestamping and the auto-signing "service"...] As is, I don't think there's a market available for it yet... but having the code is a good hedge, as is the increased awareness that it's a possible use of digital signatures.
One should probably examine Bellcore patents regarding some of the hash chaining before offering something like this as a serious service... jim
participants (2)
-
cactus@seabsd.hks.net -
mccoy@io.com