[LEAPSECS] A new use for Pre-1972 UTC

[Rob Seaman]

They avoid the issue by piggybacking on the current model.  A Notary  
Public has a commission assigned by some locale.  I'll take their word  
for it that this breaks down by country/state.  (One could wish they  
called this province or locale or some such.)  The SHA disambiguates  
the case of a particular Notary resetting their clock to sign a later  
modified copy of a document.

Nothing stops the epoch from simply being incorrect.  That is an issue  
for a court to resolve should it become pertinent.  Similarly if  
someone masquerades as a notary.  There would otherwise have to be  
some sort of certificate exchange to extend the trust model.

Rob
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On Feb 17, 2009, at 2:45 PM, Gerard Ashton wrote:


> Rob Seaman wrote in part:

>   Creating an ID that is guaranteed unique is not a trivial task,

>   especially if (as one suspects is true here) a central server is out

>   of the question.

>

> I'm not familiar with the details of OID, but in general, it would be

> desireable to have the option to perform digital notarizations in  

> areas

> that are not served by the Internet, or on a computer that is not  

> connected

> to any network whatsoever (except through "sneakernet").

>

> Gerry Ashton

>

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