Re: digital signature

["Matthew Gillen" <user=50@nabble.blu.org>]

 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.