Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!brl-tgr!tgr!Mats_Ohlin_FOA2%QZCOM.MAILNET@MIT-MULTICS.ARPA From: Mats_Ohlin_FOA2%QZCOM.MAILNET@MIT-MULTICS.ARPA Newsgroups: net.mail.headers Subject: Re: SMTP source verification. Message-ID: <481@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Tue, 6-Aug-85 18:08:55 EDT Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.481 Posted: Tue Aug 6 18:08:55 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 11-Aug-85 00:14:53 EDT Sender: news@brl-tgr.ARPA Lines: 11 Within the Commission of the European Communities there is a project OSIS (Open Shops for Information Services) that aims to develop a "smart card" including a chips for RSA-encryption used so that (only) the legitimate user could produce (using the secret key) signed (and timestamped) messages that anyone could decrypt (using the public key) thus verifying the identity of the sender. The interational banking organisations are very interested as well - even if the first step aims to provide a simple, non-contract technique for data base users to get access. The OSIS project also includes contracting procedures via electronic media.