Re: Notary services requirements -- directions?

[Peter Sylvester <Peter.Sylvester@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> Richard,
> 
> > I appreciate the feedback. I would suggest, however, that because the term
> > "Notary" is legally defined and most states actually have criminal penalties
> > for misappropriating the term or claiming to be a Notary when one is not,
> > the term is less flexible than you suggest. In fact, we are facing a serious
> > problem right now in the Western states over the issue of using the term
> > "Notario Publico" inappropriately. In Latin America, a Notario Publico is,
> > generally speaking, an attorney; in the US, a Notary Public is a ministerial
> > official of the court. Many citizens are being misled by scam artists
> > preying upon general confusion of the two terms.
> 
> This is a real problem indeed. Why not use the term eNotary or e-Notary 
> instead ?
> 

Would this change a lot? 

A little bit of history:

C. Adams(Entrust Technologies)
R. Zuccherato(Entrust Technologies)
February 27, 1997
Notary Protocols 
<draft-adams-notary-01.txt>

became:

C. Adams(Entrust Technologies)
R. Zuccherato(Entrust Technologies)
June 4, 1998
Data Certification Server Protocols 
<draft-adams-dcs-00.txt>

and later 

Network Working Group                                           C. Adams
Request for Comments: 3029                          Entrust Technologies
Category: Experimental                                      P. Sylvester
                                     EdelWeb SA - Groupe ON-X Consulting
                                                            M. Zolotarev
                                      Baltimore Technologies Pty Limited
                                                           R. Zuccherato
                                                    Entrust Technologies
                                                           February 2001
                Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure
           Data Validation and Certification Server Protocols


I don't know why the first change occured, but at least it avoids at
least two problems.