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From: a577@mindlink.UUCP (Curt Sampson)
Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
Subject: Re: Digital Signatures and Public Key Cryptography
Message-ID: <3109@mindlink.UUCP>
Date: 9 Sep 90 09:02:27 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
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> daven@svc.portal.com (Dave Newman) writes:
> 
> One way to prevent this is of course the "witness". A third party witnessing
> the contract with their own digital signature would make the claim of
> "forgery" harder to make stick. A digital public notary? Both parties
> "sign" the contract on their local notary. Each notary then can act as a
> reliable witness.
> 
> Now, how to eliminate the physical trip to the notary's office?

That's a very good idea.  Eliminating the physical trip could be tough.  After
all, what good is the "witness" if she doesn't "witness" the thing being
signed?

        -cjs    ( Curt_Sampson@mindlink.UUCP )