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Re: filmscanners: Re: paperless office
I realize we all get a little OT at times, but this thing has gone on for DAYS
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"Hornford, Dave" wrote:
> True electronic signature systems include three components -
> non-repudiation, authentication, and no-change.
> Like a pen signature, an electronic signature has to change the document not
> sit beside the document.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Laurie Solomon [mailto:laurie@advancenet.net]
> Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 10:59 AM
> To: filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
> Subject: RE: filmscanners: Re: paperless office
>
> >Eventually, through the use of bio-metrics, your electronic "signature"
> >will be as "good" and as unique as your fingerprint.
>
> What you say may be true enough; but even that only guarentees the
> authenticity of the signature and not the content of the document that the
> signiture has been affixed to. Hence the problem of counterfeiting still is
> not solved when it comes to the authenticity of documents.
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