From: Adam Shostack <adam@bwh.harvard.edu>
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 94 07:34:49 PST
To: blancw@pylon.com
Subject: Re: Morality masks technical ignorance
In-Reply-To: <199412290747.XAA10148@deepthought.pylon.com>
Message-ID: <199412291533.KAA04604@bwh.harvard.edu>
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	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.

Adam


Blanc wrote:
| Responding to msg by rishab:
| 
| I always thought the emphasis on this list was on 
| _technological_  rather than _political_ or _legal_ or _moral_ 
| means to protect privacy and  free expression - including the 
| current limitations.
| .......................................................
| 
| So Rishab -  do you think there's any good reason why 
| governments shouldn't require the implementation of key escrow 
| (GAK) (I mean, aside from what something like the US 
| Constitution would have to say about it), or any good reason 
| why any cypherpunk should protest it?
| 
| The key words in my inquiry are *reason why*.