From: Bill Stewart <stewarts@ix.netcom.com>
Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 23:55:33 +0800
To: Adam Back <aba@dcs.ex.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: Difference in terms
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>Lutz Donnerhacke <lutz@as-node.jena.thur.de>writes:
>>   key recovery is if I can get my key
>>   key escrow is if you can get my key

"Key Escrow" was "We want your keys".
"Software Key Escrow" was "OK, Clipper was a loser, but we want your keys"
"Public Key Infrastructure" was "Here, have some keys"
"Trusted Third Party" was "Hey, trust us, we want your keys"
"Key Recovery" is "OK, that didn't work, but we still want your keys"


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