41.   The legislation was originally meant to create a uniform federal law recognizing the validity of digital signatures.

42.   The newer key rings promise to hold private keys and manage the construction of digital signatures that can be used to endorse transactions.

43.   The next step, allowing people to register directly online using digital signatures, does not seem likely in the near future.

44.   The power of digital signatures is that they are extremely precise.

45.   The Senate has passed a bill that recognizes a digital signature as the paperless equivalent of a written signature on a contract.

46.   These digital signatures are more secure than passwords because they change with each transaction.

47.   To be sure, there are times when a digital signature requires a written signature.

48.   While other companies wait for digital signatures to be given the definitive force of law, John Pauley is setting an example by plunging ahead.

49.   But if the document is e-mailed, it requires an authentic digital signature, a technology analysts say has yet to pass muster in the courts.

50.   Business Times learnt that the Postal Service Department would be controller of digital signature.