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1995-02-07 - Re: dna ink

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From: “Perry E. Metzger” <perry@imsi.com>
To: eric@remailer.net (Eric Hughes)
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UTC Datetime: 1995-02-07 20:27:55 UTC
Raw Date: Tue, 7 Feb 95 12:27:55 PST

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From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@imsi.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 95 12:27:55 PST
To: eric@remailer.net (Eric Hughes)
Subject: Re: dna ink
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Eric Hughes says:
>    From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@imsi.com>
> 
>    Digital "signatures" are the first real unforgeable authentication
>    technology mankind has developed.
> 
> Impossibility is a pretty strong concept, and here, as elsewhere, it's
> an exaggeration.

Naturally -- but the other methods were complete jokes -- forging a
signature requires nothing more than a pen and slight practice.

> The concept of forgery adheres to
> the person committing the act, not the act itself.

Indeed -- which is why witnesses used to be the primary verification
technology, and not graphologists...

Perry

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