brainstorming on cpunks' eve

[hughes@ah.com (Eric Hughes)]

>> Also, one could set up a hashing/signing service, more akin to a time
>> stamp service.  [....] "Digital Notary" system?

>There's certainly a need for such services.  You have to be careful
>to avoid stepping on Bellcore's work, since I think it's patented,

It is patented, and one of the first claims in the patent is just
signing a claimed time and the given document.  I don't think this
would hold up in court, because of obviousness, but the clause is in
there.

Eric