[2054] in cryptography@c2.net mail archive
Re: Legality of faxed signatures.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (James A. Donald)
Fri Jan 16 17:42:33 1998
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 13:01:01 -0800 (PST)
To: Steve Bellovin <smb@research.att.com>
From: "James A. Donald" <jamesd@echeque.com>
Cc: cryptography@c2.net
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James A. Donald:
> > I believe that there is case law or legislation
> > that a faxed signature is worthless if it is bit
> > for bit identical with another signature, which
> > of course it usually is these days.
At 02:19 PM 1/16/98 -0500, Steve Bellovin wrote
> I've never heard of this theory. And there's a lot of case
> law that would suggest that you're wrong.
Glad to hear it: Please fax me something signed by you.
:-)
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