1994-08-10 - Re: GAK?

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From: paul@hawksbill.sprintmrn.com (Paul Ferguson)
To: bshantz@spry.com (Brad Shantz)
Message Hash: 86ac0d8634a432478ca9eff8987efe09c3ba9885da5393c701cf69e3e37813f7
Message ID: <9408101635.AA06912@hawksbill.sprintmrn.com>
Reply To: <9408101513.AA07188@homer.spry.com>
UTC Datetime: 1994-08-10 15:32:17 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 10 Aug 94 08:32:17 PDT

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From: paul@hawksbill.sprintmrn.com (Paul Ferguson)
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 94 08:32:17 PDT
To: bshantz@spry.com (Brad Shantz)
Subject: Re: GAK?
In-Reply-To: <9408101513.AA07188@homer.spry.com>
Message-ID: <9408101635.AA06912@hawksbill.sprintmrn.com>
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> 
> Forgive me for asking a naive question, but what exactly is GAK?  I have seen 
> it mentioned on the list several times in the last few days and don't 
> recognize it.  
>

It's a cypherpunk' coined acronym for "Government Access to Keys;" 
a parody on the possibility of SKE (Software Key Encryption).

- paul





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