Re: Certificate / CPS issues

On Sun, 08 Jun 2003 18:16:32 PDT, "Hallam-Baker, Phillip" 
<pbaker(_at_)verisign(_dot_)com>  said:

> According to the ABA digital signature guidelines a digital signature should
> create a REBUTTABLE presumption of validity. That is exactly the same as the
> standard for a written signature, it is assumed to be valid unless you
> affirmatively claim it to be invalid.
Yes, I'm sure those guidelines are all well and good and clearly thought out.
The problem is that what actually gets *LEGISLATED* may be a totally different
story - wander over to Ed Felton's www.freedom-to-tinker.org and read up on the
so-called 'Super-DMCA' which has, according to an number of people, made NAT
and firewalls technology illegal in Michigan.

No, I'm *not* a lawyer - but I would be quite surprised if in *no* jurisdictions
did the legislature unwittingly pass equally silly legislation regarding
digital signatures - which is why I said "Check with a lawyer".

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