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Article #88Re: A Trial Balloon on Registered Keys
From: Perry E. Metzger
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1992 16:50
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1992 16:50
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jsteiner@anwsun.phya.utoledo.edu (jason 'Think!' steiner) writes: >fiedorow@function.mps.ohio-state.edu (Zbigniew Fiedorowicz) writes: >> >> To address this issue I propose a slight modification of >> Prof. Denning's scheme. Since the Trustworthy Independent >> Agency (TIA) will have all the necessary keys, it might as >> well perform the actual encryption as an additional service >> at little extra cost. In other words, why not require that >> all messages to be encrypted be submitted in plaintext to the >> TIA for encryption? > >..and anyone who wants your plaintext can simply tap the >line between you and TIA. no thanks. the -only- way to preserve >freedom is to give it to individuals. I believe that Mr. Fiedorowicz was being sarcastic. I think he agrees that the idea is insane, and was merely pointing out just how insane. -- Perry Metzger pmetzger@shearson.com -- Just say "NO!" to death and taxes. Extropian and Proud.
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Newsgroups: sci.crypt Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!shearson.com!snark!pmetzger From: pmetzger@snark.shearson.com (Perry E. Metzger) Subject: Re: A Trial Balloon on Registered Keys Message-ID: <1992Oct28.165052.29994@shearson.com> Sender: news@shearson.com (News) Organization: Lehman Brothers References: <1cl5stINN4qc@function.mps.ohio-state.edu> <1992Oct28.010214.10823@uoft02.utoledo.edu> Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1992 16:50:52 GMT Lines: 23