RE: [ft-devel] Digital signatures

[Turner, David]

> > If digital signatures are not mandatory _and_ used with 
> non-reversible
> > encryption, they're simply useless.
> 
> As signed font can be thought of as the equivalent of a signed (but 
> unencrypted) email message (its done using more-or-less the 
> same system).
> 
Hoooooo, the horror of counterfeit font files !!

Please note: I'm *not* speaking of copyright infringement here !!

DSIG: the perfect solution to a non-problem :-)

Regards,

- David Turner
- The FreeType Project  (www.freetype.org)