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NODE 4a19de66signature appl tested by IRS / PR today
Today, on Monday, March 25th, in New York, a British company, Peripheral
Vision Ltd., is demonstrating their technology for recording signatures
electronically.

The company is also launching a subsidiary called PenOp Inc. today.

Their product is a plug-in for Netscape.

users use a wacom board or its equivalent for writing actual signatures.

IRS is testing the system for verifying signatures at a number of test sites.
NODE 69357868Re: signature appl tested by IRS / PR today
can someone explain to me how this device protects against replay attacks?

On Mon, 25 Mar 1996 CA20007@aol.com wrote:

> Today, on Monday, March 25th, in New York, a British company, Peripheral
> Vision Ltd., is demonstrating their technology for recording signatures
> electronically.
> 
> The company is also launching a subsidiary called PenOp Inc. today.
> 
> Their product is a plug-in for Netscape.
> 
> users use a wacom board or its equivalent for writing actual signatures.
> 
> IRS is testing the system for verifying signatures at a number of test sites.
> 
> 

[The above may have been dictated with Dragon Dictate/Win 2.0 voice 
recognition. Be alert for unintentional strange word substitutions.]

A. Michael Froomkin        | +1 (305) 284-4285; +1 (305) 284-6506 (fax)
Associate Professor of Law | 
U. Miami School of Law     | froomkin@law.miami.edu
P.O. Box 248087            | http://www.law.miami.edu/~froomkin
Coral Gables, FL 33124 USA | It's warm here.
NODE d89cfb5eRe: signature appl tested by IRS / PR today
Michael Froomkin writes:
> can someone explain to me how this device protects against replay attacks?

There is an assumption contained in your question. It may not be warranted.

> 
> On Mon, 25 Mar 1996 CA20007@aol.com wrote:
> 
> > Today, on Monday, March 25th, in New York, a British company, Peripheral
> > Vision Ltd., is demonstrating their technology for recording signatures
> > electronically.
> > 
> > The company is also launching a subsidiary called PenOp Inc. today.
> > 
> > Their product is a plug-in for Netscape.
> > 
> > users use a wacom board or its equivalent for writing actual signatures.
> > 
> > IRS is testing the system for verifying signatures at a number of test site
s.
> > 
> > 
> 
> [The above may have been dictated with Dragon Dictate/Win 2.0 voice 
> recognition. Be alert for unintentional strange word substitutions.]
> 
> A. Michael Froomkin        | +1 (305) 284-4285; +1 (305) 284-6506 (fax)
> Associate Professor of Law | 
> U. Miami School of Law     | froomkin@law.miami.edu
> P.O. Box 248087            | http://www.law.miami.edu/~froomkin
> Coral Gables, FL 33124 USA | It's warm here.
> 
>
NODE 0b812d64Re: signature appl tested by IRS / PR today
On Mon, 25 Mar 1996 CA20007@aol.com wrote:

> Today, on Monday, March 25th, in New York, a British company, Peripheral
> Vision Ltd., is demonstrating their technology for recording signatures
> electronically.
> 
> The company is also launching a subsidiary called PenOp Inc. today.
> 
> Their product is a plug-in for Netscape.
> 
> users use a wacom board or its equivalent for writing actual signatures.
> 
> IRS is testing the system for verifying signatures at a number of test sites.
> 

If anybody is interested in this signature technology:

PenOp, Inc. has a web site, see <URL:http://www.penop.com/>.

Josh Richards (jrichard@slonet.org)
SLONET Regional Information Access, Inc., Development Team
SLO Street Tech Development (Computer Services)
<URL:http://www.slonet.org/~jrichard/>
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