On Sun, 08 Jun 2003 18:16:32 PDT, "Hallam-Baker, Phillip" <pbaker@verisign.com> said: > According to the ABA digital signature guidelines a digital signature should > create a REBUTTABLE presumption of validity. That is exactly the same as the > standard for a written signature, it is assumed to be valid unless you > affirmatively claim it to be invalid. Yes, I'm sure those guidelines are all well and good and clearly thought out. The problem is that what actually gets *LEGISLATED* may be a totally different story - wander over to Ed Felton's www.freedom-to-tinker.org and read up on the so-called 'Super-DMCA' which has, according to an number of people, made NAT and firewalls technology illegal in Michigan. No, I'm *not* a lawyer - but I would be quite surprised if in *no* jurisdictions did the legislature unwittingly pass equally silly legislation regarding digital signatures - which is why I said "Check with a lawyer".
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