From: jcaldwel@iquest.net (James Caldwell)
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 95 18:24:02 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Export policy change
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In article <Pine.BSI.3.91.950818102219.6463B-100000@usis.com>,
David Neal <dneal@usis.com> wrote:
-=}On Fri, 18 Aug 1995, David K. Merriman wrote:

-=}> I will cheerfully escrow keys for 1$ ecash/key. Please be advised, however,
-=}> that key storage will be on an old 40M RLL drive on an 8088 machine, so
-=}> retrieval may be a bit slow and unreliable.......

-=}Same here -- I have an original Compaq "Sewing Machine" Portable with
-=}a 40MB hard card.  Of course the HD sticks and needs a good whacking
-=}sometimes, and the last floppy came out of the drive smoking and
-=}covered in grease.  (You DO have a 5 1/4" 360K floppy don't you?)
-=}
-=}My service, however is $2.  That's because all keys are encrypted against
-=}my key, which is unfortunately escrowed with the fellow listed above.
-=}
-=}Sorry about having to pass along the extra costs. :-)

I'll escrow my key with David, encrypt yours with it then
print it out and store it in a secure filing cabinet in the
salt mines near detroit.

I'll need to charge $3.00 per key, overhead you know.