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Re: DCSB: Risk Management is Where the Money Is; Trust in Digital
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeff.Hodges@stanford.edu)
Fri Nov 13 14:39:22 1998
To: Ian BROWN <I.Brown@cs.ucl.ac.uk>
cc: cryptography <cryptography@c2.net>
In-reply-to: Your message of Fri, 13 Nov 1998 10:56:04 +0100
Reply-to: Jeff.Hodges@stanford.edu
From: Jeff.Hodges@stanford.edu
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 11:13:44 -0800
quick semi-newbie question..
I.Brown@cs.ucl.ac.uk said:
> But if a certified public key can be used for encryption and not just
> signature verification, the corresponding private key must be
> escrowed, and available to law enforcement within an hour of a
> warrant being presented to the CA. Cue mass switch from RSA to DSA...
..what precisely underlying-technology-wise would motivate the "mass switch
from RSA to DSA"?
thanks,
Jeff
ps: quick acronym verifications..
MIB ::= Men In Black?
DTI ::= ?
OFTEL ::= ?
