American Bar Association
Section of Science and Technology
Information Security Committee

Digital Signature Guidelines
I. Introduction

The Information Security Committee

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These Digital Signature Guidelines have been drafted by the Information Security Committee of the Electronic Commerce Division, Section of Science and Technology of the American Bar Association. The Committee explores legal and information security aspects of electronic commerce and other issues related to information technology. The Information Security Committee is comprised of lawyers, government policy and management profes sionals, information technology and security professionals, notaries from various legal systems, trade facilitation experts, and others.

Information about membership in and publications of the Section of Science and Technology and the American Bar Association is available from Manager, Section of Science and Technology, American Bar Association, 321 North Clark Street , Chicago, IL 60610 USA, (312) 988-5599, Fax (312) 988-5628, E-mail sciencetech@abanet.org.

The following have participated in the drafting of the Digital Signature Guidelines, a project which has spanned more than four years from 1992 to the current time:

Digital Signature Guidelines - Editorial Committee Members

Committee Chair Michael Baum, Esq. - VeriSign, Inc.

CommitteeVice Chair Ruven Schwartz, Esq. - West Publishing Company

Reporter for GuidelinesAlan Asay, Esq. - CertCo, formerly the State of Utah

Reporter for GuidelinesCharles Merrill, Esq. - McCarter & English

Reporter for GuidelinesJoseph Wackerman, Esq. - United States Postal Service

Ted Barassi, Esq. - CertCo, formerly US Council

for International Business

Charles Miller, Esq - Attorney, San Francisco

Randy Sabett - Spyrus, Inc.

Frank Sudia - CertCo, formerly Banker's Trust Co.

Digital Signature Guidelines - Contributing Members

Maureen Adamache, Esq. - Canada Dept of Justice

Richard Ankney - Fischer International, Inc.

Christine Axsmith, Esq. - US Dept of State

Stewart Baker, Esq. - Steptoe & Johnson

Kenneth Bass, Esq. - Venable and Baetjer

Bill Bryant, Esq. - Katz Kutter

Hal Burman, Esq. - US Dept of State

Bartlett Cleland, Esq - Aide to Sen Ashcroft (MO)

Michel Cloutier - Govt of Quebec

Robert Daniels - US Social Security Admin

George Danielson - State of Utah

Harold Deal - NationsBank

John Doktor - Los Angeles County

Tony Dunford, Esq. - Notaries' Society (England)

Deborah Enix-Ross, Esq. - US Cncl for Internatl Bus

William Ensing, Esq - Attorney, Lake Forest, IL

Richard Field, Esq - Attorney, Cliffside Park, NJ

Warwick Ford - Consultant, formerly Nortel

Yair Frankel - Sandia National Laboratories

Gary Fresen, Esq. - Baker & McKenzie

Michael Froomkin, Esq. - Univ of Miami Law School

Lawrence Greene, Esq. - International Law Institute

The Hon. Peter Greenlee, Esq. - Social Security Adm

Daniel Greenwood, Esq. - Commonwealth of Mass.

Andrew Grosso, Esq - Attorney, Washington, DC

Michael Hale, Esq. - Georgia Secy of State's Office

Barbara Harriman-Pauls, Esq. - AT&T

Peter Harter, Esq. - Netscape Communications Corp.

Thomas Hermann, Esq. - Squire Sanders & Dempsey

Skip Hirsh, Esq. - Certicom

Thomas Hopcroft, Esq - Attorney, Boston MA

Rick Hornbeck - Computer Sciences Corp

Russell Housley - Spyrus, Inc.

Noel Humphreys, Esq. - Sills Cummis

Steven Jensen - Commonwealth of Mass

Robert Jueneman - Novell, formerly GTE

Dale Juffernbruch, Esq. - Household Bank

William Kennair, Esq. - Soc Public Notaries of London

Stephen Kent - BBN Communications

Stan Kurzban, Esq - Attorney, Chappaqua, NY

Susan Laniewski, Esq. - Unisys, formerly NCSC

David Levy, Esq. - International Law Institute

Kenneth Lobenstein, Esq. - Allegheny Co Court, PA

Ulrich Lohmann, Esq - Attorney, Munich

Patrice Lyons, Esq. - Attorney, WashingtonDC

Karen Lyter - Natl Automated Clearing House Assn

David Maher, Esq. -Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal

Angel Marrero, Esq. - McConnell Valdes (San Juan)

Mario Miccoli, Esq. - International Union of

Latin Notaries (Italy)

Steven Mitchell - Manhattan Software

Sead Muftic - COST (Sweden)

Larry Nelson - AT&T

James Newel, Esq. - Freddie Mac

Dwight Olson - Data Securities International, Inc.

Serge Parisien, Esq. - Université de Montréal

Ira Parker, Esq. - Alston & Bird

Michel Peereman - Féd. Nationale des Chambres de

Commerce et d'Industrie de Belgique

Claude Perreault, Esq. - Chambre des Notaires du Quebec

Al Piombino - Consultant, Portland Maine

John Porter, Esq. - Beneficial Mgmt Corp of America

Joe Robinson - US Postal Inspection Service

Peter Robinson - US Council for Internatl Business

Richard Rothwell - US Postal Service

Susan Sabett - National Security Agency

David Sanford - Mitretek Systems

John Seth, Esq. - Amer Society of Notaries Public

Lawrence Shomo - NASA

Mark Silvern - VeriSign, Inc.

Thomas Smedinghoff, Esq.- McBride Baker & Coles

Clint Smith, Esq. - Steptoe & Johnson

David Solo - BBN Communications

Kaushik Sriram, Esq, - Cons. Geophysicist, Houston

Deborah Thaw - National Notary Association

Milt Valera - National Notary Association

Mike Wims, Esq. - Utah Attorney General's Office

Chris Yukins, Esq. - Wiley Rein