Re: DCA MR: public key certification body registration

mark.hughes@ccamatil.com
Thu, 16 Oct 1997 03:45:46 EDT

Glen,

>Unfortunately, there is no way the federal government can
>avoid being involved in the registration of CAs for
>financial transactions.

Or, do you mean 'fortunately'? :)

Actually, I tend to agree with a large part of your posting. My
original comment was more to do with the structure of the peak body.
I think the government sees this as an entity (relatively)
independent of government but with government participation. Your
comment of 'government approval (tacit or otherwise)' may be a key
one - it will be interesting to see to what level the government's
involvement / approval is implicit or explicit.

Regards, Mark

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