1994-12-30 - Re: Morality masks technical ignorance
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From: blancw@pylon.com
To: adam@bwh.harvard.edu
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UTC Datetime: 1994-12-30 06:41:16 UTC
Raw Date: Thu, 29 Dec 94 22:41:16 PST
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From: blancw@pylon.com
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 94 22:41:16 PST
To: adam@bwh.harvard.edu
Subject: Re: Morality masks technical ignorance
Message-ID: <199412300642.WAA27643@deepthought.pylon.com>
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Responding to msg by Adam Shostack ( when bad things happen to
good crypto):
The technical reason to oppose GAK is that it adds points of
failure to a crypto system which need not be there. Those POF
are not adequately tied to the consequences of their actions
(releasing a key
improperly), and as such will be used as points to attack the
integrity of the system.
...............................................................
And if there were no points of failure added by it, would you
approve, agree, to its mandatory requirement?
..
Blanc
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- 1994-12-30 (Thu, 29 Dec 94 22:41:16 PST) - Re: Morality masks technical ignorance - blancw@pylon.com
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