From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 18:06:19 +0800
To: Michael Froomkin <froomkin@law.miami.edu>
Subject: Re: signature appl tested by IRS / PR today
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Michael Froomkin writes:
> can someone explain to me how this device protects against replay attacks?

There is an assumption contained in your question. It may not be warranted.

> 
> On Mon, 25 Mar 1996 CA20007@aol.com wrote:
> 
> > Today, on Monday, March 25th, in New York, a British company, Peripheral
> > Vision Ltd., is demonstrating their technology for recording signatures
> > electronically.
> > 
> > The company is also launching a subsidiary called PenOp Inc. today.
> > 
> > Their product is a plug-in for Netscape.
> > 
> > users use a wacom board or its equivalent for writing actual signatures.
> > 
> > IRS is testing the system for verifying signatures at a number of test site
s.
> > 
> > 
> 
> [The above may have been dictated with Dragon Dictate/Win 2.0 voice 
> recognition. Be alert for unintentional strange word substitutions.]
> 
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