At 2:00 AM -0500 on 3/11/99, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Title: Survey of International Electronic and Digital Signature Initiat > Resource Type: Report > Date: Mar 1999 > Source: Internet Law & Policy Forum > Author: Steptoe & Johnson LLP > Keywords: DIG SIGNATURES ,LEGAL ISSUES ,AUTHENTICATION ,COMPARISON > > Abstract/Summary: > The Internet Law & Policy Forum commissioned Steptoe & > Johnson LLP to survey current legislative and regulatory efforts > outside of the United States concerning digital and electronic > signatures.[1] This report provides a comparison and analysis of > electronic authentication initiatives in jurisdictions outside of the > United States, including international efforts at the United > Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), > the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development > (OECD), and the European Union (EU). > > This report complements, and in many respects builds on, the > ILPF Survey of Electronic and Digital Signature Legislative > Initiatives in the United States (the "ILPF US Survey"). The > report assumes familiarity with digital signatures and electronic > authentication generally; readers desiring more background should > refer to the Background and Authentication Models sections of > the ILPF U.S. Survey. For ease of reference, this report > summarizes the legislative initiatives described herein in the same > table format as the ILPF U.S. Survey. > > > Original URL: http://www.ilpf.org/digsig/survey.htm > > Added: Thu Mar 11 0:41:33 1999 0 > Contributed by: Judie ----------------- Robert A. Hettinga <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> Philodox Financial Technology Evangelism <http://www.philodox.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'
