From: tcmay@sensemedia.net (Timothy C. May)
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 95 21:54:16 PDT
To: Bryce Wilcox <cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Surety Digital Notary Service
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(There was no message name on this message, so I've created one.)

At 4:14 AM 7/13/95, Bryce Wilcox wrote:
>I am searching for a time-stamping service that will sign some data of mine
>(or a hash thereof) along with a certificate indicating what time(,date,year)
>the signing occurred.  I want to use this to substantiate my claim that I
>was in possession of this data before others were.  (Useful for copyrights/
>patents, and possibly other things.)

Digital time-stamping is a recurring theme on this list. Info can be found
in the Cypherpunks archives, in my Cyphernomicon FAQ, and, most easily, by
contacting Surety at:

http://www.surety.com/


--Tim May




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