How to get your first key signed

[joe.asmodeus at sigaint.org]

"Robert J. Hansen" <rjh at sixdemonbag.org> wrote:
> Yes, many!  Digital signatures are enforceable in U.S. courts.
>
> Non-repudiability, though, as far as I know has never been successfully
> argued.  More to the point, I don't think it could be.

I assume that enforcebility is determined using the standards applied to
pen-and-ink signatures. Lack of legal capacity, forgery or duress, to name
a few, would permit repudiation.  The party seeking to enforce a contract
signed digitally should bear the burden of establishing a signature's
validity.  Therefore, I agree that a blanket holding that all digital
signatures are non-repudiable is unlikely.