[FYI] UK boost for digital signatures

[Brian Gladman]

From: "Ben Laurie" <ben@algroup.co.uk>
To: <ukcrypto@maillist.ox.ac.uk>
Cc: <debate@fitug.de>; <krypto@thur.de>
Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 12:33 PM
Subject: Re: [FYI] UK boost for digital signatures

[snip]
> > An internet start-up company has struck an alliance with the Post
> > Office to offer free digital signatures to millions of consumers, in
> > a move designed to boost public confidence in using the internet for
> > online transactions.
>
> Hot news! Post Office+someone-or-other are going to give everyone what
> they had already! For nothing!

As usual we need to see the small print but I am certainly interested in one
feature that figured in the announcement - it indicated that users would be
fully insured against fraud.

It is quite possible that this will prove to be less than robust than it
appears but there may be something of value here if the Post Office will
truly carry ***all*** the risks involved.

     Brian