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917I. Digital signatures.

Deleted from 15 February 2001

(1) In this section -

'asymmetric cryptosystem' means an algorithm or series of algorithms which provide a secure key pair;

'digital signature' means the transformation of a message by an approved person or an authorised person using an approved asymmetric cryptosystem such that the Revenue Commissioners having possession of the message and the public key in respect of that approved person can accurately determine -

(a) whether the transformation was created using the private key which corresponds to that public key, and

(b) whether the message has been altered since the transformation was made;

'key pair' means a private key and its corresponding public key in an asymmetric cryptosystem such that the public key verifies a digital signature that the private key creates;

'private key' means the key of a key pair used by an approved person to create a digital signature;

'public key' means the key of a key pair used by the Revenue Commissioners to verify a digital signature;

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