Re: Microsoft launches e-sign client

I will naturally post such information when I get my hands on it.
My guess is that this is a part of .NET and may even rely on XAML
(a.k.a. "Avalon") which is Microsoft's current path for further
binding Windows to the Internet.  Or probably it was the reverse :-)

Anders

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gregor Karlinger" <gregor.karlinger@iaik.tugraz.at>
To: "'Anders Rundgren'" <anders.rundgren@telia.com>
Cc: "'Ed Simon'" <edsimon@xmlsec.com>; <w3c-ietf-xmldsig@w3.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 12:49
Subject: AW: Microsoft launches e-sign client


Anders,

yes, please some follow-up information would be great.

TIA, Gregor

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: w3c-ietf-xmldsig-request@w3.org [mailto:w3c-ietf-xmldsig-
> request@w3.org] Im Auftrag von Ed Simon
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 16. November 2004 00:27
> An: 'Anders Rundgren'; w3c-ietf-xmldsig@w3.org
> Betreff: RE: Microsoft launches e-sign client
>
>
> Thank you Anders,
>
> If you, or others, know of an online article about Microsoft's C2G
client,
> please point it out.
>
> Regards, Ed
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: w3c-ietf-xmldsig-request@w3.org
> [mailto:w3c-ietf-xmldsig-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Anders Rundgren
> Sent: November 15, 2004 5:34 PM
> To: w3c-ietf-xmldsig@w3.org
> Subject: Microsoft launches e-sign client
>
>
> My request a year ago:
>
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-ietf-xmldsig/2003OctDec/0072.html
>
> How it turned out...
>
> Microsoft today pre-announced the availability of a smart client for
> handling e-signatures for C2G (Citizen-to-Government) services and
similar
> on-line activities.  The announcement was made in the paper edition of
> Computer Sweden,  by MSFT spokesman Predrag Mitrovic.
>
> It may look a bit surprising that the announcement was not in CNET but
the
> fact is that Liliput country Sweden have magnitudes more on- line
> consumers
> with digital certificates than for example the US.
> Something between 8-10% of the population currently have an electronic
> citizen-ID and at least 5% are actively using such for on-line banking.
>
> The EU governments are likely to appreciate this initiative as existing
> e-signature solutions in addition to [also] being proprietary, usually
are
> NDA-protected and fairly costly.  My assumption is that the Microsoft
> solution will be free and a default install although it may not run on
> older
> Windows versions.
>
>

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