III. Technology Battlefields
E. Time-Date Stamping
PKI cannot by itself provide a non-repudiatable time-date
stamp in a message, because the sender and his computer cannot be prevented
from falsifying the apparent time-date stamp. A trusted third-party
time-stamping service is needed to provide the WHEN as a supplement to
the WHO and WHAT of digital signatures.
March 15,
2000 - Article
in CIO Magazine, "Time is of the
Essence: Electronic Documents Will Stand Up in Court Only If the
Who, What and When They Represent are Unassailable." by Charles
R. Merrill, Esq. of McCarter
& English LLP. Robert
Burger, Esq., a member of the Computer
and High Tech Law Practice Group at McCarter & English, contributed
significantly to the preparation of this article.
July 13, 1999
- White paper, "Time is of the Essence:
Establishing the Critical Elements of Electronic Commerce," prepared
for Surety.com, Inc. regarding the
e-commerce synergy between the WHEN and WHAT of trusted time-date
stamping (TTDS) technology and the WHO and WHAT of public key infrastructure
(PKI). By Charles
("Chas") Merrill of McCarter &
English LLP. Robert Burger,
Esq., a member of the Computer
and High Tech Law Practice Group at McCarter & English, contributed
significantly to the preparation of this paper.
June 22, 1995
- "The Digital Notary (tm) Record Authentication System - A Practical Guide
for Legal Counsel on Mitigation of Risk from Electronic Records." A white
paper prepared for Surety Technologies,
Inc. by Charles
("Chas") Merrill of McCarter &
English LLP (currently under revision).