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Digital signatures and Non-repudiation
With the increased demands being placed on organizations to ensure privacy, integrity, and confidentiality in digital domain, the need for non-repudiation and the use of digital signatures is beginning to raise its ugly head once again. The biggest challenge for most people is the technical representation of non-repudiation and the non-technical. To add to the malaise, there is a great deal of discussion about what information should be signed to support non-repudiation, and that is where things get even more confusing.
The Last Rights for Passwords
New approach to an old problem
To be completely forthright, I have no clue when the first password was used to control access to a computer and I don't really care. I do know that it set in motion a standard for providing access that continues to this day, and that I care about.
