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Re: Trusted timestamping
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ian G)
Mon Oct 5 11:34:23 2009
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:04:38 +0200
From: Ian G <iang@systemics.com>
To: Alex Pankratov <ap@poneyhot.org>
CC: 'Cryptography' <cryptography@metzdowd.com>
In-Reply-To: <000001ca453b$8ff733d0$6e01a8c0@lenovo>
On 04/10/2009 23:42, Alex Pankratov wrote:
> I guess my main confusion at the moment is why large CAs of
> Verisign's size not offering any standalone timestamping
> services.
My view is that there is no demand for this as a service. The apparent
need for it is more a paper requirement that came out of PKI world's
search for a perfect product than any business need.
E.g., if you think you want it, you might be better rewarded by
re-examining your assumptions as to why it is needed, than building it...
iang
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