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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791741903321

Autore

Blanchette Jean-François

Titolo

Burdens of proof : cryptographic culture and evidence law in the age of electronic documents / / Jean-François Blanchette

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2012

ISBN

0-262-30080-X

1-280-49888-9

9786613594112

0-262-30156-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (283 p.)

Disciplina

347/.064

Soggetti

Electronic evidence

Data encryption (Computer science) - Law and legislation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-254) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Communication in the presence of adversaries -- On the brink of a revolution -- The signature model -- Written proof -- The state of paper -- The cryptographic imagination -- Epilogue.

Sommario/riassunto

This work provides an examination of the challenges of establishing the authenticity of electronic documents - in particular the design of a cryptographic equivalent to handwritten signatures.