EU Draft Digital Signature Directive

David Swarbrick david at swarb.demon.co.uk
Fri, 21 Aug 1998 21:49:17 +0100


In message <199808201737_MC2-56BA-741E@compuserve.com>, Nigel Hickson
<nigelhickson@compuserve.com> writes
>Colleagues 
>
>Just to confirm (in light of Mr Swarbrick's posting) that legal recognition
>will NOT depend on a CA being licensed but only on meeting standards (or by
>convincing the judge in other ways). 
>

I welcome this liberating approach. I almost daredn't ask, but is this
the change I think it is to accord with the EU proposal?

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