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Re: Dorothy and the four Horseman
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Douglas Barnes)
Fri Mar 21 18:40:51 1997
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 1997 12:33:28 -0800
To: cryptography@c2.net
From: Douglas Barnes <cman@c2.net>
Aldrich Ames is actually a great example of why Key Escrow is
NOT a good idea. Any measure that concentrates keys in one or
several locations creates a tempting target for spies,
criminals and corporate espionage types. How much better do the
GAK proponents plan to protect keys than, say, the names of all
our agents in the former Soviet Union?
Doug
At 09:43 PM 3/20/97 -0800, you wrote:
>The government is now starting to include encryption anecdotes in
>their arguments for GAK. For example, at today's House Judiciary
>hearing Robert Litt of the DoJ gave as examples nthe cases of Aldrich
>Ames and Ramzi Yousef. I note that both these individuals were
>nonetheless convicted on the basis of other evidence.
>
>They mentioned some other cases involving child porn, drug trafficking
>and computer hacking, but because there were no specifics we have no
>way to know if these people were ever indicted, and if they were, if
>a conviction resulted.
>
>Phil
>
