Re: digital signature

["Dan Ritter-2" <user=13@nabble.blu.org>]

 On Sat, Dec 29, 2007 at 03:14:11PM -0500, Stephen Adler wrote: 
> So here is the issue which has brought up my interest in digital 
> signatures. I'm setting up a quality system to develop software which 
> will pass the rigors of FDA compliance. What the FDA needs is to have 
> documents which are signed for approval my management types. (i.e. All 
> the documents which are generated need a signature and typically this 
> involves some secretary running around cubicles with a pen, getting 
> signatures on a hard copy document which is then filed away.) So using a 
> digital signature would be a great move forward, especially if I want to 
> set up a web based FDA control process. In the end, this all gets very 
> legal where as someone can sue for big bucks if a product goes wrong in 
> a hospital, and the quality system under which the device was developed 
> then comes into play. So this may give you a better idea of how far I 
> need to go with a digital signature. My preference is to slide the bar 
> as far to the "this is a properly digitally signed document" which can 
> hold up in a court of law.