EU Draft Digital Signature Directive

[Nicholas Bohm]

At 02:07 PM 8/26/1998 +0100, Ian Brown wrote:
>> surely it would be possible to agree
>> a contract with your bank for them to accept your pgp-signed
>> instructions as though they were written, signed instructions?
>
>I would intrigued to know what (if any) cryptographic procedures Barclay's
>home-banking software uses... Since it can make transfers out of your
>account, they must need *some* security. No doubt you have to sign a
>contract assuming all liability when you start using it.

Undoubtedly.  And one I have recently seen requires you to treat as
confidential and not to disclose to anyone any mistakes or discrepancies
you find in their operation of your accounts:  not too much of a confidence
boost!

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		Nicholas Bohm

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