A system and method are provided for using a second resource to store a data element from a first resource in a stack. A data element X.sub.N+1 and a signature S[N] are signed at a first resource to obtain a signature S[X.sub.N+1, S [N]], where N is an integer. The data element X.sub.N+1 and the signature S[N] are sent from the first resource to the second resource to be stored in a stack. The signature S[X.sub.N+1,S[N]] is stored at the first resource.