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Re: Escrow agencies closed?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kent Crispin)
Sat Apr 19 13:18:34 1997
Date: Sat, 19 Apr 1997 10:07:57 -0700
From: Kent Crispin <kent@songbird.com>
To: "cryptography@c2.net" <cryptography@c2.net>
On Sat, Apr 19, 1997 at 12:49:25PM -0400, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
>
> Larry Layten writes:
> > I believe that you will find that anyone using encryption for
> > serious data processing and data storage will only do so if
> > there a key recovery scheme.
>
> I have existence proof of organizations that do not use key recovery
> schemes.
>
> Perry
Whether an organization finds formal key recovery schemes attractive
will depend on many factors, of course. Note, however, that informal
key recovery schemes are rampant. A password in a safe-deposit box (or
a private safe), as BU noted, is a quite viable possibility. As is a
yellow sticky with a password on it...one of the advantages of a
formal system is that you remove the incentive for informal ones.
--
Kent Crispin "No reason to get excited",
kent@songbird.com the thief he kindly spoke...
PGP fingerprint: B1 8B 72 ED 55 21 5E 44 61 F4 58 0F 72 10 65 55
http://songbird.com/kent/pgp_key.html
