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CA as authorized banking activity
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert Hettinga)
Wed Jan 14 19:42:22 1998
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 1998 19:17:28 -0500
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From: Robert Hettinga <rah@shipwright.com>
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From: jmuller@brobeck.com (John D. Muller)
Subject: CA as authorized banking activity
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Reply-To: jmuller@brobeck.com (John D. Muller)
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency yesterday released its
approval for Digital Signature Trust Company to act as a certificate
authority (approval was required because DSTC is a subsidiary of a
national bank). The approval is of particular interest to banking
lawyers, but the description of DSTC's activities and the steps it
will take to limit its potential liability may also be of interest to
others. See http://www.occ.treas.gov/ftp/release/98-4.txt and
http://www.occ.treas.gov/ftp/release/98-4att.pdf
John Muller
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