When encryption is also authentication...

Lucky Green shamrock at cypherpunks.to
Sun Jun 2 17:17:17 PDT 2002


Mike wrote:
> Thanks, that was very enlightening.  The URL is good too - 
> they mention that "An electronic signature is defined as being:
> 
>    an electronic sound, symbol or process attached to or
>    logically associated with a contract or other record and
>    executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign
>    the record. "
> 
> I would never have thought of making a sound as part of a 
> signature! but for voice prints, it might be a good idea.

IIRC, one of the reasons why sounds were included in the bill was to
include the pressing of a telephone touch-tone key in the list of acts
that can create a valid contract.

--Lucky, 
"Press '1' to agree to transfer all your present liquid assets to me".





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