Posted by David Dorward on 08/04/06 21:23

leeana1@gmail.com wrote:

> Hi all, didn't know where else to go to ask this. I know you can use
> headers in e-mails to verify that an e-mail has not been tampered with,
> but is there any way you can do the same with a web page?

Retrieve it over HTTPS

> I know you can view the source, but it could always be changed. How can I
> go about making printouts of a web page forum and prove that it is
> untampered with in any way?

Sounds like you want to prove that you haven't tampered with it (which, in
email, the headers probably wouldn't help with).

http://www.groklaw.net/articlebasic.php?story=2006062206181381 might provide
some clue as to where to get started.

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