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Digital signatures get Web standards nod

June 7, 2007 OASIS standards group ratifies a tamper-proof method for handling electronic timestamps, postmarks or official corporate imprimaturs. TAGS: digital signature, OASIS, signature, Web service, server, document

Utah may erase early but unused e-commerce law

December 19, 2005 In 1996, the state won applause for enacting a digital-signature law. Now it may go away. TAGS: Utah, digital signature, information security, law, e-commerce, legislation, signature, state, key

Open-source bugs undermine digital signatures

March 10, 2006 Two flaws in open-source cryptography app could allow an attacker to add content to a digitally signed message or forge signatures. TAGS: digital signature, cryptography, Novell Inc., Gentoo, flaw, open source, signature, Linux, bug, message, security, e-mail

RFID passports arrive for Americans

August 14, 2006 State Department to begin handing out RFID-equipped passports despite lingering security, privacy concerns. TAGS: passport, RFID, e-passport, smart card, RFID chip, agency, digital signature, researcher, Las Vegas, document, U.S., security, radio, photograph, laptop computer

Finns tout new anti-P2P tool

April 19, 2005 New company Viralg wins local awards, backing of record label for file swap blocker. TAGS: anti-P2P, Loudeye Corp., file-swapping network, digital signature, P2P, founder, movie, client, music

At PayPal, fending off phishers--and Google

March 26, 2007 CTO Scott Thompson talks about ways to shoo e-mail scams and to keep tabs on the Checkout competition. TAGS: PayPal, Scott Thompson, digital signature, Checkout, phishing, eBay Inc., Internet Service Provider, e-mail address, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, e-mail, Google Inc., Web browser, password, security, Microsoft Internet Explorer

U.S. mulls new digital-signature standard

November 1, 2005 After a flaw was found in a decade-old algorithm used to create and verify digital signatures in e-mail and on the Web, the U.S. government is trying to find a solution. TAGS: SHA-1, algorithm, fingerprint, digital signature, data security, scientist, flaw, standard, professor, researcher, U.S., e-mail, operating system, Microsoft Corp.

Making your IM secure--and deniable

February 15, 2005 Off-the-record instant messaging enables chatters to confirm identity of other person, leaves no trace of conversation. TAGS: conversation, participant, messaging, Pidgin, digital signature, IM, researcher, proof, log, security, message

Adobe: No threat from PDF spam

August 16, 2007 No hard evidence that PDF spam exposes users to security risks, claims the company, which nonetheless recommends user caution. TAGS: Adobe PDF, spam, Adobe Systems Inc., security risk, digital signature, security, e-mail

Promising antispam technique gets nod

May 23, 2007 Internet Engineering Task Force approves a technique designed to put junk e-mailers out of business forever. TAGS: DomainKeys, digital signature, PayPal, anti-spam, phishing, signature, Yahoo! Inc., e-mail server, SD card, message, e-mail, server