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Paper

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Date of Presentation

Wednesday, 22 May

Time of Presentation

09.00

Presentation Level

High-Level

Abstract

Most Security Policies are geared towards preventing hacker-vandals. However, impersonator-hackers can be more insidious. How do you ensure that a third-party cannot forge your online signature and commit you to an un-wanted obligation Conversely, how do you ensure that a third party cannot renege on an agreement that is favorable to you by claiming that their online signature was forged This presentation: (1) summarizes the fundamental issues (Is an electronic contract worth the bandwidth it's written on What exactly is a digital signature How does it differ from an electronic signature Are they legally binding ); (2) examines digital signing from both a person-to-machine and a machine-to-machine ('M2M') perspective; and (3) suggests a practical approach to legal-security in each case.