From: frantz@netcom.com (Bill Frantz)
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 1996 17:56:19 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Opiated file systems
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At  1:30 PM 7/16/96 -0700, Jim Gillogly wrote:
>"Deranged Mutant" <WlkngOwl@unix.asb.com> writes:
>>A problem with a c'punk-style encrypted fs with source code and wide 
>>distribution is, of course, that attackers will KNOW that there is a 
>>duress key.
>
>Good point.  This suggests a design desideratum for any such system should
>be that the user may choose not to have a duress key, maintaining
>semi-plausible deniability for those who choose to have one.

Perhaps a user settable number of duress keys with different behavior for
each of them?


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