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maybe digital signatures won't be the next big thing after all
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (R. A. Hettinga)
Sat Feb 17 13:05:49 2001
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Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 13:12:48 -0500
To: Digital Bearer Settlement List <dbs@philodox.com>, dcsb@ai.mit.edu,
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From: "R. A. Hettinga" <rah@shipwright.com>
Cc: "Jane Winn" <jwinn@post.cis.smu.edu>
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Jane, if this crew of folks, see above, can't do you justice, nobody can.
Everyone, Jane is about my favorite cryptography/"signature" lawyer, mostly
because she, like most people with sense, aren't sure they're "signatures"
at all...
Cheers,
RAH
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Reply-To: <jwinn@post.cis.smu.edu>
From: "Jane Winn" <jwinn@post.cis.smu.edu>
To: "'R. A. Hettinga'" <rah@shipwright.com>
Subject: maybe digital signatures won't be the next big thing after all
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 11:52:49 -0600
Bob:
May I impose on you a second time and ask you to post this to your list of
DBS people? I'm afraid I haven't had a chance to make much progress on the
encyclopedia article because, among other things, I had to finish this paper
first. I hope to reply shortly to the many colleagues of yours who were
kind enough to send suggestions for innovative electronic payments I should
cover in that piece.
I've written an article arguing that digital signature may not be the next
big thing after all, the popular wisdom on this point notwithstanding. If I
have my facts wrong, or my descriptions of the technology wrong, I'd be
grateful to have this pointed out to me before this appears in print. I've
posted a draft at:
http://www.smu.edu/~jwinn/shocking-truth.htm
If any of your colleagues have any comments, I'd be grateful for the
feedback.
regards, jkw
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Jane Kaufman Winn
Professor
Southern Methodist University
School of Law
Dallas TX 75275-0116
www.smu.edu/~jwinn
www.virtual-langdell.com
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R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah@ibuc.com>
The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/>
44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA
"... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity,
[predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to
experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'
