1994-06-20 - Re: Having your own computer means never having….

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From: khijol!erc (Ed Carp [Sysadmin])
To: snyderra@dunx1.ocs.drexel.edu (Bob Snyder)
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UTC Datetime: 1994-06-20 09:09:15 UTC
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From: khijol!erc (Ed Carp [Sysadmin])
Date: Mon, 20 Jun 94 02:09:15 PDT
To: snyderra@dunx1.ocs.drexel.edu (Bob Snyder)
Subject: Re: Having your own computer means never having....
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> Actually, Apple has some really good concepts, using AOCE digital
> signatures and products currently out for the corporate environment.  The
> automatic routing of digitally signed forms from one desk to another, with
> the appropriate digital signatures on them, replacing normal forms.  This
> is the kind of thing I think you'll see making cryptographic inroad with
> business.

I think you're right.  The ability to verify a signature that would be
impossible to repudiate is a strong one.  Tamperproof documents that preserve
privacy are all powerful incentives for a company to adopt strong crypto and
DSS.
-- 
Ed Carp, N7EKG/VE3	ecarp@netcom.com, Ed.Carp@linux.org

"What's the sense of trying hard to find your dreams without someone to share
it with, tell me, what does it mean?"        -- Whitney Houston, "Run To You"




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