Digital Signature 11 “digital signature” means a transformation of a message using an asymmetric cryptosystem such that a person having the initial message and the signer’s public key can accurately determine— (a) whether the transformation was created using the private key that corresponds to the signer’s public key; and (b) whether the message has been altered since the transformation was made; “forge a digital signature” means— (a) to create a digital signature without the authorization of the rightful holder of the private key; or (b) to create a digital signature verifiable by a certificate listing as subscriber a person who either does not exist or does not hold the private key corresponding to the public key listed in the certificate; “hold a private key” means to be able to utilize a private key; “incorporate by reference” means to make one message a part of another message by identifying the message to be incorporated and expressing the intention that it be incorporated; “issue a certificate” means the act of a certification authority in creating a certificate and notifying the subscriber listed in the certificate of the contents of the certificate; “key pair” means a private key and its corresponding public key in an asymmetric cryptosystem, where the public key can verify a digital signature that the private key creates; “licensed certification authority” means a certification authority to whom a licence has been issued by the Commission and whose licence is in effect; “message” means a digital representation of information; “notify” means to communicate a fact to another person in a manner reasonably likely under the circumstances to impart knowledge of the information to the other person;