Lie in X.BlaBla... (was re: [Fwd: FW: WA makes forging/misrepresenting to get/use a cert a felony])

[R. A. Hettinga]

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Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 13:30:35 -0400
From: Somebody
To: rah at shipwright.com
Subject: [Fwd: FW: WA makes forging/misrepresenting to get/use a cert a felony]

What did you used to say?  Lie in X.509 go to jail? :)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Information Security Committee [mailto:ST-ISC at MAIL.ABANET.ORG]On
> Behalf Of Ruven Schwartz
> Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 12:43 PM
> To: ST-ISC at MAIL.ABANET.ORG
> Subject: WA makes forging/misrepresenting to get/use a cert a felony
>
> from
> http://www.leg.wa.gov/wsladm/billinfo/dspBillSummary.cfm?billnumber=1632,
>  <<1632-s_sl.pdf>>
>
> BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON: NEW SECTION.
> Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 9.38 RCW to read as follows:
> (1) A person shall not knowingly misrepresent the person's identity or
> authorization to obtain a public key certificate used to reference a private
> key for creating a digital signature.
> (2) A person shall not knowingly forge a digital signature as defined in RCW
> 19.34.020(16).
> (3) A person shall not knowingly present a public key certificate for which
> the person is not the owner of the corresponding private key in order to
> obtain unauthorized access to information or engage in an unauthorized
> transaction.
> (4) The definitions in RCW 19.34.020 apply to this section.
> (5) A person who violates this section is guilty of a class C felony
> punishable under chapter 9A.20 RCW.
>
>                     Name: 1632-s_sl.pdf
>    1632-s_sl.pdf    Type: Portable Document Format (application/pdf)
>                 Encoding: x-uuencode

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