On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 23:56, Robert J. Hansen <r...@sixdemonbag.org> wrote:
> On 05/07/2011 02:49 PM, MFPA wrote: > > What is to stop that scanned bitmap of a person's signature being > > applied to a document the individual has no knowledge about? > > Nothing. That's the nature of physical signatures. I was talking about a digital signature though. MFPA: I agree about the signature being very weak. I am just repeating what German law says. This is from some brochure brought out by the BSI. It's also quite a right interpretation -- they aren't assigning much strength to it, it's what we have advanced and qualified electronic signatures for. The bitmap scan is still digital though, and it is a signature. So, it is an electronic signature. Makes sense, just don't accept it in court. -- Jerome Baum tel +49-1578-8434336 email jer...@jeromebaum.com -- PGP: A0E4 B2D4 94E6 20EE 85BA E45B 63E4 2BD8 C58C 753A PGP: 2C23 EBFF DF1A 840D 2351 F5F5 F25B A03F 2152 36DA
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