legal question of DSA-based signatures?

[Robert Hettinga]

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The document to which this refers is posted at:
http://www.softwareIndustry.org/issues/docs-org/cg-opinion.pdf

At 01:23 PM 10/3/97 -0400, you wrote:
>I think I already know the answer to this, but it might be fun to have the
>word with the bark on it...
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>If you reply to this, I'll pass it on to the cypherpunks list.
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>Notice that the question comes through an anonymous remailer.
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>Cheers,
>Bob Hettinga
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>I have before me a statement made by Information Security Corp.:
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>"The Comptroller General has ruled that, for the purposes of electronic
>commerce, DSA-based digital signatures are as legally binding as hand-
>written signatures."
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>Can anyone verify this?
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>Robert Hettinga (rah at shipwright.com), Philodox
>e$, 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA
>"... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity,
>[predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to
>experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'
>The e$ Home Page: http://www.shipwright.com/
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Robert Hettinga (rah at shipwright.com), Philodox
e$, 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA
"... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity,
[predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to
experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'
The e$ Home Page: http://www.shipwright.com/
Ask me about FC98 in Anguilla!: <http:www.fc98.ai>