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RE: mailing list software, was What does the mailsig mechanismmean?

2004-11-03 11:35:23

On Wed, 3 Nov 2004, Michael Thomas wrote:

Speaking of deployability, can you please explain how the
hopwise solution that you are advocating doesn't run afoul
of the PRA IPR?

If you allow for multiple signatures, each of which identifies the part of
the message that it covers (including which of the originator header
fields) you don't need to impose an ordering on them or determine the
"most recent" as the PRA aims to do. The result of checking is a
determination of which signatures are valid and therefore which parts of
the message have been signed on behalf of which entities.

Tony.
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