[14252] in Cypherpunks
Clipper escrowed keys. Where's the backup copy?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (GRABOW_GEOFFREY@tandem.com)
Fri May 27 01:11:09 1994
Date: 26 May 94 21:42:00 +1700
From: GRABOW_GEOFFREY@tandem.com
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
With all the talk about the problems with escrowed keys (and there
are plenty of problems) has anybody considered that there must be a
backup set of the keys somewhere? I can't believe that the gov't would
spend all the time, effort and money and let the only copy of the keys
be accidentally (or on purpose if I get a chance) to destroy the key
database. Therefore, there must be a backup set somewhere. Who is
guarding these? Where are they? Who has access? Has anybody heard
anything about this?
G.C.G.
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