[52638] in Cypherpunks
Re: signature appl tested by IRS / PR today
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Perry E. Metzger)
Mon Mar 25 23:42:54 1996
To: Michael Froomkin <froomkin@law.miami.edu>
Cc: CA20007@aol.com, cypherpunks <cypherpunks@toad.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 25 Mar 1996 21:47:22 EST."
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Reply-To: perry@piermont.com
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 1996 23:14:07 -0500
From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
Michael Froomkin writes:
> can someone explain to me how this device protects against replay attacks?
There is an assumption contained in your question. It may not be warranted.
>
> 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 site
s.
> >
> >
>
> [The above may have been dictated with Dragon Dictate/Win 2.0 voice
> recognition. Be alert for unintentional strange word substitutions.]
>
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