In response to Michael H. Warfield mhw@wittsend.com

[Michael H. Warfield]

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On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 09:56:39AM +0000, Noel D. Torres Ta=F1o wrote:
> >        Not quite, if you use a timestamping service...  They stamp
> >a message or a message digest with their timestamp and periodically
> >publish a public table of timestamps.
> >
> >        :
> >        : - Remainder deleted...
> >        :
> >
> >        Exactly what advantage would you have over this service:
> >
> >        <http://www.itconsult.co.uk/stamper.htm>

> Simply: I don't want my data to be sent by e-mail. And I don't want my
> data to be published. Why are you thinking in e-mail only? I can want an
> electronic timestamp on a document I want to have in a floppy and not to
> send it anybody, but that I can present at the court if I need that.

	That's why you timestamp hashes and/or detached signatures.  You
don't have to send them your data.

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