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Re: [Gnumed-devel] GNotary
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Syan Tan |
Subject: |
Re: [Gnumed-devel] GNotary |
Date: |
Sun, 28 Aug 2005 08:39:38 +0800 |
How does gnotary prevent the timestamps in signatures from being altered at a
later
time , or
a stored signature of an original document be replaced with a different
signature of a different document at some other time , and that altered
signature
also being passed on to colluding client ?
On Sat Aug 27 19:01 , Sebastian Hilbert sent:
>On Saturday 27 August 2005 12:33, Elizabeth Dodd wrote:
>> On Sat, 27 Aug 2005 20:19, Sebastian Hilbert wrote:
>> > Hi all!
>> >
>> > An updated GNotary client is available at
>> > ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gnotary/client/0.1/
>> >
>> > This version does not require a python installation. Just unzip into a
>> > directory and you are ready to go.
>> >
>> > Currently there are two gnotary servers to choose from.
>> > Client works with both but only the one at gnotary.de supports the new
>> > features. Those are explained at www.gnotary.de
>> >
>> > Beware the site is in German until the guys from LE-PC (who extended
>> > GNotary) find the time to implement gettext for perl.
>> >
>> > source code of the rewritten severpart and extended client will be made
>> > available in October or mailed to you upon request.
>> >
>> > Please report issues to me or the GNotary mailing list
>> > at savannah.nongnu.org/projects/gnotary
>> >
>> > Happy testing. Once the web interface has been translated I can make
>> > non-free accounts at gnotary.de available to active GNUmedders for
>> > testing.
>>
>> Only the windows client seems to be on the website at present (and not as
>> up to date as the ftp site). I noted that there will be a free trial period
>> and then a charging system.
>> how will that work?
>> Liz
>Hi Liz,
>
>I am glad you asked. The confusion arises from the fact that my day has only
>24 hours and I more or less focus on getting my final exam done.
>
>The website is not uptodate. We (me and some other students) have a developmet
>
>site up which will replace gnotary.de every now and then. We are not in live
>mode yet.
>
>What we did is simple. We took the GPL GNotary code and hacked a web portal
>for it to offer advanced features. Those include storing the certificates for
>you, mailing you reports at intervals, mailing you printed copies for backup
>at intervals, mailing you a CD every now and then, allowing you to send us
>gpg encrypted mails. We also offer to publish the hash in a newspaper which
>makes it even harder to manipulate.
>Those are non-free services as it costs us a bunch of money.
>We offer four subscription types. Free, Basic, Business, Premium.
>You don't even need to register if you only want to use the free service.
>Free service means. You mail us a hash. We sign it. You get it back. We don't
>store, we don't track it. You are on you own. If you need more service we
>will charge you.
>
>How ?
>
>You pay a monthly fee which includes CD, paper copy, report ... This packages
>includes a resonable amount of mails we will process for you. If you need to
>send more mails, you can by mail pakages.
>
>How does that sound ? Does this makes sense or not ?
>
>So why do you need GNotary ? It should make it a lot easier to prove to a
>court that you did never change your digital documents. Be it a backup, a
>ultralsound recording, whatever.
>
>Sebastian
>
>
>
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