Re: unconstitutional? try this variant...(Re: GMR in the talked-about form here would be unconstitutional)

At 07:43 PM 10/24/1997 +0100, Adam Back wrote:

The Clipper set up claimed to have split databases.

The NSA claimed that, but the chip itself didn't implement it - all of that was external to the chip, and even if you believe that the NSA wasn't cheating at first by keeping both halves in one place, all they need to do is change their own rules and then they can start. Doing secret-sharing is important, and it's often hard to find a good algorithm to implement it; using the regular secret-sharing method to reconstruct the one key needed to feed into your program means your program really only uses one key... Thanks! Bill Bill Stewart, stewarts@ix.netcom.com Regular Key PGP Fingerprint D454 E202 CBC8 40BF 3C85 B884 0ABE 4639