Re: Timestamp Signatures (was Re: Notary signatures)

[Jon Callas <jon@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 4/25/2002 6:18 PM, "David Shaw" <dshaw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> A regular 0x00 or 0x01 signature has no defined meaning, so it can
> therefore mean anything the signer and recepient agree on it to mean.

Or what a litigant can convince a judge or jury that any reasonable person
would have thought it to mean. That's the downside of no defined meaning in
a world where there are laws about what signatures mean.

> The 0x40 is just like these signatures except that it is has the
> defined meaning of "timestamp". ?  Ok, I get it.  I imagine this is
> something that if done today would be done with a signature notation.
> 
> Is it possible to get some language in the draft saying what an 0x40
> signature is issued on (binary or canonical text data)?

All signatures are on binary content. A text-mode signature is on binary
content that conforms to some rules. Or so I think. :-)

    Jon