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Re: key recovery vs data backup
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lucky Green)
Thu May 8 12:55:32 1997
Date: Wed, 07 May 1997 21:56:21 -0700
To: Carl Ellison <cme@cybercash.com>
From: Lucky Green <shamrock@netcom.com>
Cc: cryptography@c2.net
At 11:47 PM 5/7/97 -0400, Carl Ellison wrote:
>I was saying that if Sam needs to read my encrypted file/mail, then I should
>list Sam as a crypto-recipient. If Acme,Inc. needs to read my encrypted
>file/mail, then I should list Acme,Inc. as a crypto-recipient.
>
>There's no safe of keys. It's even simpler to explain to an executive.
Several people on this list asked me to elaborate on my claim that KR is
not required. I doubt that I could put it more succinctly than Carl has in
his post.
-- Lucky Green <mailto:shamrock@netcom.com> PGP encrypted mail preferred
"I do believe that where there is a choice only between cowardice and
violence, I would advise violence." Mahatma Gandhi
