14 January 1998

Date: Wed, 14 Jan 1998 19:17:28 -0500
To: cryptography@c2.net
From: Robert Hettinga <rah@shipwright.com>
Subject: CA as authorized banking activity

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Date: Wed, 14 Jan 1998 13:18:34 -0800
From: jmuller@brobeck.com (John D. Muller)
Subject: CA as authorized banking activity
To: digsig@vm.temple.edu, bl-efs-mem@abanet.org, ecp@abanet.org,
        dcsb@ai.mit.edu

     The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency yesterday released its
     approval for Digital Signature Trust Company to act as a certificate
     authority (approval was required because DSTC is a subsidiary of a
     national bank).  The approval is of particular interest to banking
     lawyers, but the description of DSTC's activities and the steps it
     will take to limit its potential liability may also be of interest to
     others.  See 

        http://www.occ.treas.gov/ftp/release/98-4.txt 

     and

        http://www.occ.treas.gov/ftp/release/98-4att.pdf


     John Muller
     mailto:jmuller@brobeck.com

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