From: Bill Stewart <stewarts@ix.netcom.com>
To: Hugh Daniel <hugh@ecotone.toad.com>
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UTC Datetime: 1997-01-26 01:18:07 UTC
Raw Date: Sat, 25 Jan 1997 17:18:07 -0800 (PST)
From: Bill Stewart <stewarts@ix.netcom.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Jan 1997 17:18:07 -0800 (PST)
To: Hugh Daniel <hugh@ecotone.toad.com>
Subject: Re: Scandinavian Goverments provide PGP to postal customers...
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At 06:29 PM 1/24/97 -0800, Hugh Daniel wrote:
>> Based on PGP, with no "third-party" key holder, the Nordic system
>> uses unbreakable RSA-algorithm encryption with a 1024-bit key.
>> However, some hardware is required. Because the key is on a
>> smartcard, users must have smartcard readers installed on their
>> computers, which aren't yet widely available. But Pdr Andler of
>> Finnish Hewlett Packard says that later this year, smartcard readers
Guess what - it's still got "key escrow"! If you've got a smartcard
that holds your key, then you've got something well-defined that can
be subpoenaed.... It's better than Yankee-style giving the government your
keys
in advance, but it's still key escrow.
On the other hand, it's voluntary, and if it interoperates with
Real PGP, then great - but will there be an expectation that you need to have
your key signed by The Post Office to use it?
# Thanks; Bill
# Bill Stewart, +1-415-442-2215 stewarts@ix.netcom.com
# You can get PGP outside the US at ftp.ox.ac.uk/pub/crypto/pgp
# (If this is a mailing list, please Cc: me on replies. Thanks.)
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