NODE 7630de95Re: Timestamping
cactus@seabsd.hks.net (L. Todd Masco)Sun, 4 Dec 94 12:38:34 PST
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DNA <Tony.Gurnick@nzdairy.co.nz> wrote:
>Could the cypher punks automatic signing
>also be used as a distributed timestamping service?
Absolutely. That was one of my financial motivations for writing the
code, and why the "Gratis" is mentioned in the comment.
As is, I don't think there's a market available for it yet... but
having the code is a good hedge, as is the increased awareness that
it's a possible use of digital signatures.
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NODE 90214018Re: Timestamping
mccoy@io.com (Jim McCoy)Sun, 4 Dec 94 14:42:09 PST
> From: cactus@seabsd.hks.net (L. Todd Masco)
[regarding timestamping and the auto-signing "service"...]
> As is, I don't think there's a market available for it yet... but
> having the code is a good hedge, as is the increased awareness that
> it's a possible use of digital signatures.
One should probably examine Bellcore patents regarding some of the hash
chaining before offering something like this as a serious service...
jim