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Electronic Transactions Act · 2008 Revised Edition · Part VII · General Duties Relating to Digital Signatures
Electronic Transactions Act · 2008 Revised Edition · Part VII · General Duties Relating to Digital Signatures
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It is foreseeable that persons relying on a digital signature will also rely on a valid certificate containing the public key by which the digital signature can be verified.
digital signature
“digital signature” means an electronic signature consisting of a transformation of an electronic record using an asymmetric cryptosystem and a hash function such that a person having the initial untransformed electronic record and the signer’s public key can accurately determine — (a) whether the transformation was created using the private key that corresponds to the signer’s public key; and (b) whether the initial electronic record has been altered since the transformation was made;
Electronic Transactions 24 2008 Ed.
digital signature
“digital signature” means an electronic signature consisting of a transformation of an electronic record using an asymmetric cryptosystem and a hash function such that a person having the initial untransformed electronic record and the signer’s public key can accurately determine — (a) whether the transformation was created using the private key that corresponds to the signer’s public key; and (b) whether the initial electronic record has been altered since the transformation was made;
public key
“public key” means the key of a key pair used to verify a digital signature;
valid certificate
“valid certificate” means a certificate that a certification authority has issued and which the subscriber listed in it has accepted;
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