FW: Digital signatures and PKI in the United States

All,

If any of you have a moment to help out a German
student working on a thesis, she has some questions below.  She got a failure
trying to email directly to the list (which was my suggestion), so if you
respond, you might want to email her directly.

 

=david

 

From: Barbara Weindl
[mailto:] 

Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 10:03
AM

To: Skyberg, David

Subject: AW: Digital signatures
and PKI in the United States

 

Hi David,

 

Thank you for your response.

 

I will contact the PKI TC as well. Thank you in
advance.

 

Below there would be some questions for you:

 

·        
For which processes do
companies use digital signatures? 

 

·        
Do companies in the automotive industry are using digital
signatures for example between suppliers and OEM’s? (for example for
invoices?)

·        
Do they have one
certification authority for the whole automotive industry? 

(I wrote an e-mail to
General Motors and I got the answer that they do not use digital signatures
“because they can be easily duplicated”!)

 

·        
Do you know if the pharmaceutical industry is using PKI?

I read that they have a
‘Controlled Substances Ordering System’ which will be handled with
PKI. As far as I know the Drug Enforcement Administration will act as the CA.

·        
Are there any other
areas of applications where pharmaceutical companies are using PKI?

 

·        
Do you know something
about the mortgage industry and
the energy industry?

 

·        
Do companies in the United States
use PKI for document retention?

 

David that would be some of my questions I have.

 

Thank you for spending your time.

 

Greetings,

 

Barbara

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Von:
Skyberg, David [mailto:]

Gesendet: Dienstag, 26. Juli 2005
18:18

An: Barbara
Weindl

Betreff: RE: Digital signatures
and PKI in the United States

 

Hi Barbara,

I would be happy to help you in any way
that I can.  I might also suggest the OASIS PKI Technical Committee (TC)
as a source of industry usage info.  There are members on the TC from
various industries that will be able to give you far more info that just me.
 I’ll pass on the email address below.  But in the interim,
please feel free to email me with questions and I will attempt to answer as
best I can.

 

 

The PKI TC email address is 

 

Cheers,

=david

 

From: Barbara Weindl
[mailto:] 

Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 7:56
AM

To: Skyberg, David

Subject: Digital signatures and
PKI in the United States

 

Hello David,

 

I am a German student and I’m writing my
thesis about digital signatures and public key infrastructures in the United States.

 

Unfortunately I don’t know for what processes
companies using PKI because of the strict company policies. 

 

I know that the pharmaceutical industry is planning
to work with digital signatures and I found some information that the mortgage
industry will work or is still working with digital signatures. 

 

It would be great if we could get in touch.

 

Thanks and best regards from Germany

 

Barbara

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