Many kinds of electronic commerce require the ability to prove that someone has authorized a transaction. One way to provide such proof is to associate a digital signature with data generated as the result of a transaction, such as a purchase order or other financial document. Netscape Communicator 4.04 changes that.
Communicator allows users to digitally sign transactions.
Called Form Signing, this technology allows web sites to ask users to digitally sign transactions, thus providing the higher level of assurance that a verifiable digital signature brings. Form Signing allows any kind of agreement to be digitally signed, including a checking account application form, a funds transfer, an online credit card purchase, or any other web-based text string. To use Form Signing, the user needs Communicator 4.04 and a digital certificate. Web sites need the Netscape Signature Verification Tool to process signed transactions. Learn more about how Form Signing works.