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In <1992Nov3.090942.1626@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu> denning@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu writes:

>I believe I said this before, but let me remind everyone that the
>government has not proposed that keys be registered.  I believe that
>Ron Rivest was the first to make this suggestion.  I made it at the 
>NCSC and Silvio Micali has come up with a scheme that is even more
>foolproof.  I do not know if any government agency will pick up
>on our suggestion or if they'll suggest another.  Are there other
>approaches that would give you greater assurance against the
>government and still allow for meeting the legitimate needs of
>law enforcement?  If so, I'd love to hear them.

You mention Gotti in your post, but you still haven't answered the fundamental
question I asked. I'll ask it again:

    "If key registration were mandatory, would John Gotti register his keys?"

I say the answer is NO.

And I further say that having ANY sort of punishment for "using unregistered
keys" is a gross infringement of our constitutional rights.

Just because nobody has proposed "other approaches that would give greater
assurance ..." doesn't mean that your proposal is a good one.