[52633] in Cypherpunks
Re: signature appl tested by IRS / PR today
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Froomkin)
Mon Mar 25 22:33:22 1996
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 1996 21:47:22 -0500 (EST)
From: Michael Froomkin <froomkin@law.miami.edu>
To: CA20007@aol.com
Cc: cypherpunks <cypherpunks@toad.com>
In-Reply-To: <960325141609_454384469@emout08.mail.aol.com>
can someone explain to me how this device protects against replay attacks?
On Mon, 25 Mar 1996 CA20007@aol.com wrote:
> Today, on Monday, March 25th, in New York, a British company, Peripheral
> Vision Ltd., is demonstrating their technology for recording signatures
> electronically.
>
> The company is also launching a subsidiary called PenOp Inc. today.
>
> Their product is a plug-in for Netscape.
>
> users use a wacom board or its equivalent for writing actual signatures.
>
> IRS is testing the system for verifying signatures at a number of test sites.
>
>
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