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MEETING NOTICE
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Please correspond with:
Michael S. Baum, Esq.
One Alewife Center Suite 350
Cambridge, MA 02140 USA
V: +1 617.661.1234
F: +1 617.661.0716
E: michael@verisign.com
Subject: INFORMATION SECURITY COMMITTEE MEETING NOTICE - JAN. 26-27 '97
Dear Committee Member and Prospective Members:
You are cordially invited to participate in a meeting of the Information
Security Committee, Section of Science & Technology, American Bar
Association, on Sunday and Monday, January 26-27, 1997, at the Fairmont
Hotel in San Francisco. The Committee will continue its advancement of
public key infrastructure legal and control issues, as outlined below. This
meeting will include further work on commercial key escrow guidelines,
digital signature legislative initiatives, CA and user liability, PKI
accreditation, and consider the question of a "version II" to the Digital
Signature Guidelines, among other matters.
Consistent with Section policy, ISC meeting participants MUST be members of
both the ABA and the ABA Section of Science and Technology. Please contact
Ann Kowalsky, Manager Section of Science & Technology, at ABA offices in
Chicago by phone: +1 312.988.5599, fax: +1 312.988.5628, or email:
sciencetech@attmail.com for membership information. It is possible to
become a paid member of the ABA and the ISC at the meeting -- and affiliate
ABA membership is also available for non-lawyers.
Meeting details appear below. I look forward to seeing you in San Francisco.
Sincerely,
Michael S. Baum
Chair, Information Security Committee
Section of Science & Technology, ABA
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INFORMATION SECURITY COMMITTEE
Section of Science & Technology, ABA
January 26-27, 1997
Tentative Agenda
(see "Meeting Details," next page)
(In extended sessions, breaks will be taken as needed.)
January 26, 1997 Sunday
8:30-9:00 Greetings, breakfast, administrative matters
9:00-9:30 Introductions, meeting logistics, general announcements
9:30-10:30 Key Escrow Work Group update
10:30-12:00 Legislative Work Group update; "global" conference call; and
update on the draft Cal. Dig. Sig. Regulation by Kaye Caldwell
12:15-13:30 Lunch speakers:
Ira Rubenstein, Esq. Microsoft, "Key recovery by any other name";
Bob Danials, Esq., SSA, "Federal PKI legal efforts"
13:30-18:00 Breakout sessions
18:00-???? Watering hole discussions; possible continuation of work
group meeting
January 27, 1997 Monday
8:30-9:00 Breakfast, et cetera.
9:00-12:00 UNCITRAL Update; Breakout sessions
12:00-13:00 Lunch speaker/Discussion:
Miles Smid, NIST -- (informally) speaking on accreditation;
and updating NIST's key escrow standards efforts
13:00-15:00 Presentations by work groups
15:00-15:30 Path forward; wrap-up
Information Security Committee
San Francisco MEETING DETAILS
January 26-27, 1997
Members are urged to participate in one of the work groups that will be
presenting/meeting during the ISC's meeting. Please contact Ruven Schwartz,
Esq. (rschwart@research.westlaw.com) for further information.
**"Addendum" Work Group
Contact: Ruven Schwartz, Esq. (rschwart@research.westlaw.com)
Tom Smedinghoff, Esq. (tsmed@mbc.com)
Joe Wackerman, Esq. (jwackerm@email.usps.gov)
The Addendum Work Group will continue drafting a digital signature
trading partner agreement -- integrating the principles of the
Digital Signature Guidelines, and developing additional practical
commentary for this model form of electronic commerce agreement.
**Evidentiary Work Group
Contact: Stan Kurzban, Esq. (qbjw99a@prodigy.com) or
Serge Parisien, Esq. (parisise@droit.umontreal.ca)
The Evidentiary Work Group will continue working on the
document it is preparing to acquaint jurists, practitioners,
and those participating in electronic commerce with evidentiary
implications of digitally signed documents.
**Key Escrow Work Group (KEWG)
Contact: Dwight Olson, Esq. (73522.3542@compuserve.com) or
Randy Sabett, Esq. (rsabett@venable.com)
The KEWG will focus on the legal and technical aspects
of commercial key escrow. The group will seek to accurately
explore all major issues surrounding this topic, and produce
a set of draft guidelines for comment. The proposed guidelines
are intended to facilitate secure electronic commerce by
clarifying the rights and obligations of the parties involved
in voluntary commercial key escrow. The work product may take
one or more forms including:
(i) a "restatement" of the relevant law and practice,
(ii) a model state or federal law or international convention,
(iii) a set of principles that can be incorporated by reference
into agreements or used for the interpretation of legal
aspects of voluntary key escrow, or
(iv) a set of "gap filler" provisions.
The group has set up a temporary website which shows
contributions to date.
**Liability Work Group
Contact: Maureen Adamache, Esq. (rmadama@magi.com)
The liability work group will continue its review and discussion
of the apportionment of liabilities among PKI providers and
users. Previously, this task was considered in the ISC's own
work-product, the Digital Signature Guidelines. Future
documents that will be considered include Certification
Practice Statements, and digital signature legislative and
regulatory work product on this subject and interoperability
arrangements.
**Digital Signatures Laws & Regulations Work Group
Contact: Dan Greenwood, Esq. (DGreenwood@state.ma.us)
The digital signature legislative and regulatory work group
is compiling and evaluating the various emerging digital
signature legislative/regulatory approaches by states and
other jurisdictions in order to develop recommendations.
Additionally, the work group will hold another live "global"
conference call with representatives from the various
jurisdictions engaged in drafting legislation/regulation
concerning digital and electronic signatures. The group has
posted its developing work product at
http://www.magnet.state.ma.us/itd/legal/. The website is
intended to provide a reasonably comprehensive resource for
such information.
**Accreditation Work Group
Contact: Rick Hornbeck (rhornbec@counsel.com)
Lynn McNulty (lynn.mcnulty@internetmci.com)
Chas Merrill, Esq. (merrill@mccarter.com)
There will be an organizational meeting of an accreditation
work group. This group will develop legal infrastructure for
the global assessment of quality of certification authorities.
First time participants planning to attend the 26-27 January 1997 meeting
must contact Ruven Schwartz, ISC ViceChair, at 612-687-8095 or
rschwart@research.westlaw.com, to coordinate work-product contributions for
the upcoming meeting.
Meeting Location:
Fairmont Hotel -- "French Room" (Sun.); "Hunt Room" (Mon.)
950 Mason Street
San Francisco, CA 94108
Meals: TBA
Lodging: When calling the Fairmont (+1 415.772.5000) please let them know
you are with the ABA Information Security Committee and they may be able to
offer you a special rate. If available, the rates are as follows: 169$ per
night for a single, 189$ for a deluxe, and 209$ for a super deluxe. If you
are planning on having an additional person stay with you, it will be 20$
extra for each room rate. Other hotels in the area include: 1) the Ramada
Inn by Fisherman's Wharf with rooms starting at 95$ (+1 415-885-4700), 2)
the Monticello Inn with rooms starting at $129 (+1 415-392-8800), or 3) King
George Hotel with rooms starting at $99 (+1 415-781-5050). Please let all
hotels know that you are with the ABA's Information Security Committee to
take advantage of these rates.
RSVP: Please confirm your intention to participate to Ann Kowalsky, Section
Manager, Section of Science and Technology (sciencetech@abanet.org) as soon
as possible.
See you in San Francisco
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