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1998-01-07 - Re: Silly Shrinkwrapped Encryption

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From: Adam Shostack <adam@homeport.org>
To: aba@dcs.ex.ac.uk
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Message ID: <199801070745.CAA29531@homeport.org>
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UTC Datetime: 1998-01-07 07:52:05 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 7 Jan 1998 15:52:05 +0800

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From: Adam Shostack <adam@homeport.org>
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 1998 15:52:05 +0800
To: aba@dcs.ex.ac.uk
Subject: Re: Silly Shrinkwrapped Encryption
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Adam Back wrote:

| The above "solution" to key escrow infra-structure calls from Freeh
| etc., should be credited to Carl Ellison; probably others have
| proposed it also.  Carl offered to sign some cheif spooks key, if he
| would generate one for the purpose, cheif spook declined the offer.

That was Phil Karn to NSA legal counsel at the Computers Freedom and
Privacy conference in Burlingame, 1994 or 1995.  I don't recall
hearing it before that.

Adam



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