1997-10-03 - legal question of DSA-based signatures?

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From: Anonymous <anon@anon.efga.org>
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
Message Hash: 2a71f7d2b14ee8a7f9eed9d06b0fcb086c97afa49605f29abf4dce4727c65fac
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UTC Datetime: 1997-10-03 16:31:14 UTC
Raw Date: Sat, 4 Oct 1997 00:31:14 +0800

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From: Anonymous <anon@anon.efga.org>
Date: Sat, 4 Oct 1997 00:31:14 +0800
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
Subject: legal question of DSA-based signatures?
Message-ID: <7d2e0ce68df7b504bbaa2caf842eb8f4@anon.efga.org>
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I have before me a statement made by Information Security Corp.:

"The Comptroller General has ruled that, for the purposes of electronic
commerce, DSA-based digital signatures are as legally binding as hand-
written signatures."

Can anyone verify this?

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