Contract Signing Using PGP
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چکیده
Is it possible to achieve non-repudiation during electronic contractsigning? How can this be achieved in an e-mail based environment? These are the questions we will try to answer. The process of getting these answers will involve a short introduction to some of the available contract-signing standards and an analysis of how well the given standard would work in a e-mail environment. Additionaly, we will present a prototype we have implemented that provides secure contract signing using mail and PGP.
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