[45477] in Cypherpunks
Re: "Strongly Voluntary" Key Escrow
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (JaDe)
Fri Dec 15 21:10:25 1995
From: jadestar@netcom.com (JaDe)
To: frantz@netcom.com (Bill Frantz)
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 1995 16:52:44 -0800 (PST)
Cc: liberty@gate.net, cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <199512152102.NAA27308@netcom19.netcom.com> from "Bill Frantz" at Dec 15, 95 01:04:58 pm
>
> At 9:10 12/15/95 -0500, Jim Ray wrote:
> >"Government Key Certification" might be an OK compromise-term compared
> >to "key escrow," but we should [IMNSHO] continue to stick to "GAK." As
> >you know, I prefered the term "FUCKED," but now we must be "decent" in
> >our communications. <sigh>
>
> I suggest Forced Key Deposit (FKD) (when some non-governmental entity e.g.
> an employer forces you to send copies of your keys to some depository), and
> Voluntary Key Deposit (VKD), when you chose to deposit a copy of your key
> with some third party. I love the way GAK sounds, so I support it even the
> whole concept is really FUCKED. Whenever I hear, "Government Key
Bill,
You may really have something here. Let's recommend a
Forced Universal Cryptographic Key and Engine Depository.
When they, naturally, build the acronym -- they'll have
spelled out the situation clearly <g>
