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RE: Escrow agencies closed?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Larry Layten)
Sat Apr 19 14:30:16 1997
From: Larry Layten <larry@ljl.com>
To: Black Unicorn <unicorn@polaris.mindport.net>, Larry Layten <larry@ljl.com>,
"'Rick Smith'" <smith@securecomputing.com>
Cc: "'Black Unicorn'" <unicorn@polaris.mindport.net>,
"cryptography@c2.net" <cryptography@c2.net>
Date: Sat, 19 Apr 1997 10:40:15 -0500
Rick,
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 know I have been bitten several times trying to read a file that
I encrypted with a new "easy for me to remeber later" pass-
phrase.
With physical tokens, you also have the problem of loss
or breakage/failure.
Larry
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From: Rick Smith[SMTP:smith@securecomputing.com]
Sent: Saturday, April 19, 1997 11:14 AM
To: Black Unicorn; Larry Layten
Cc: Rick Smith; 'Black Unicorn'; cryptography@c2.net
Subject: RE: Escrow agencies closed?
Regarding:
[...]
I noted the report's statement about how DMS was going to support key
recovery. I'm skeptical (the risks probably outweigh the cost or benefit),
but I admit I haven't looked at any recent DMS specifications.
Rick.
smith@securecomputing.com secure computing corporation
