IP: EU Electronic Signatures

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

Date: Wed, 1 Jul 1998 09:33:46 +0100
To: farber () cis upenn edu
From: Brian Randell <Brian.Randell () newcastle ac uk>
Subject: Electronic Signatures


Dave:


IP-ers might be interested in the (UK) Law Society's comments on a Proposal
for a European Parliament and Council Directive on a Common Framework for
Electronic Signatures.


They are at:  http://techpolicy.lse.ac.uk/csrc/sig/lawsoc.html


Perhaps the most important one is simply:


"It should be recognised that the question of security in relation to
electroniccommunications and electronic signatures is little different from
that which applies to communications on paper."


Cheers


Brian Randell






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