[Air-l] verifying onlline information

[William Stewart]

Two thoughts.  This question is exactly the motivating force behind the theories of the man who first popularized the concept of hypertext, Ted Nelson, who foresaw the problems of data integrity and copyright in a networked world.  The web went a long way, but it hasn't yet been completely solved:
   http://livinginternet.com/w/wi_nelson.htm

E-commerce sites that take credit cards over the web and many other sites increasingly use Public Key Cryptography to provide digital signatures to verify user, site, and document validity:
   http://livinginternet.com/i/is_crypt_pkc.htm

All the best,
Bill

At 12:56 PM 9/16/02 -0500, safitch at uwm.edu wrote:


>  I'm a graduate student doing a research paper on verifying online 
>information: How do you know its creditable?  Does anyone have any suggestions 
>for places or sources to get information on this topic? give me your feedback.
>
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