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Re: Encrypted filing of patents sans GAK?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Willis H. Ware)
Fri Feb 7 17:47:11 1997
To: areusch@grump.com (Andrew R. Reusch)
cc: cryptography@c2.net, willis@rand.org
Reply-To: willis@rand.org
In-reply-to: Your message of Fri, 07 Feb 97 14:48:19 EST.
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Date: Fri, 07 Feb 97 14:38:09 PST
From: "Willis H. Ware" <willis@rand.org>
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Sir:
I believe that the words have been misleading. According to a briefing that
I heard in December at a meeting of the Computer System Security and
Advisory Board, Ms. Patty Efors of the Department of Treasury described a
group of 10 pilot projects designed to test the efficacy and application of
digital key signatures in government agencies. I recall no mention of key
recovery and in fact, I would assert that if the private keys used in
digital-signature schemes are in the hands of a 3rd party, the protection
expected from a digital signature will have been compromised.
Presumably Ambassador Aaron and Ms. Edfors were talking about the same 10
projects; and if so, then the Ambassador's presentation was confused.
Willis H. Ware
Santa Monica, CA
