Re: Digital Signature Laus (was Re: KISS for PKIX)

[Eric_Guerrino@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

For summary info:
See the Internet Law & Policy Forum site at
http://www.ilpf.org/digsig/digsig2.htm

for individual states see
http://www.perkinscoie.com/resource/ecomm/digsig/state.htm, which the ILPF
links to.

eric








Joe Tardo <jtardo@freegate.com> on 07/16/99 12:20:17 PM

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Subject:  Digital Signature Laus (was Re: KISS for PKIX)


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At 01:28 PM 7/16/99 -0400, Eric_Guerrino@LNOTES5.bankofny.com wrote:

>There are legal issues to be resolved regarding limitations of liability
>and responsibilities of issuers, certificate authorities, subscribers, and
>relying parties. There are legal issues to be resolved regarding digital
>signatures. Last time I checked, about thirty states had enacted or were
in
>the process of enacting digital signature laws. The federal government has
>a digital signature law pending.

Does anyone have the digital signature legislation URLs handy referencing
the latest on what the 30 states and Federal Government are enacting?

Thanks,
Joe