Draft EU directive on electronic signatures

[Carl Ellison]

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At 03:04 PM 3/30/98 +0000, Peter Dare wrote:
>The European Commission has produced a draft directive on electronic 
signatures
>(which term includes digital signatures).  If adopted by the Parliament and
>Council, the directive will require member states (MS) to pass laws (before
>1/1/2000 ?) which have the following effect EU-wide:

I wish folks would refrain from the passing of digital signature laws until 
the dust settles.  It is now clear to some of us that the original idea of a 
(name,key) certificate is seriously flawed -- a product of analogies and 
experiences that do not scale to the Internet.  As a result, we are 
redefining certificates and defining how they are to be used.  Current 
attempts to legislate, at least in the US, have led to security flaws and 
engineering problems -- and run a serious risk of getting in the way of real 
solutions as we design them.

 - Carl

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