--- begin forwarded text From: Steve Bellovin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: legal status of digital signatures Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2000 12:51:14 -0400 Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] According to the AP, U.S. House and Senate negotiators have reached a compromise on legislation that will set national standards for digital signatures and the like. Details are in http://www.nandotimes.com/no_frames/technology/story/0,4500,500213819-500301920-501670828-0,00.html --Steve Bellovin --- end forwarded text -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 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'
