# Re: Authentication Problems

Keith Moore (moore@cs.utk.edu)
Mon, 04 Apr 1994 14:59:06 -0400

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    Message-Id: <199404041859.OAA22881@wilma.cs.utk.edu>

    From: Keith Moore <moore@cs.utk.edu>

    To: sallyh@ludwig.intel.com (Sally Hambridge)

    Subject: Re: Authentication Problems

    In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 04 Apr 1994 10:25:57 PDT."

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    Date: Mon, 04 Apr 1994 14:59:06 -0400

> I'm taking the liberty of forwarding this message, not because
> it has anything to do with UR*, but becasue it points out the
> problem of authentication of *ANY* resources, in this case, those
> in print form.

Thanks for posting this. Although your example was with print media, it
illustrates a fundamental problem with electronic documents whose contents
are allowed to change over time.

While such documents are both useful and desirable, there is a strong need to
ensure that such documents must remain authentic.

Keith Moore

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