dwomack@runner.jpl.utsa.edu writes:
4. What keeps someone in a high government office from misusing these keys? Especially since item 1 is illegal due to antiwiretap laws anyway?
Nothing!!! That's the whole point! I don't remember who said it first, although I think it was someone on this list, but key escrow is just like giving the gov't a copy of your house keys, just in case they get a court order to search your home. (This assumes you have a break-in proof house I don't know about the rest of you, but a gov't with my house key makes scares the $*&!!@ out of me! G.C.G. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | Geoffrey C. Grabow | "What we demand are rigidly defined | | Oyster Bay, New York | areas of doubt and uncertainty!" | | | -------------------- | | grabow_geoffrey@tandem.com | Clipper, SkipJack & Digital Telephony | | | JUST SAY NO!!! | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.3a mQCNAiz/qhsAAAEEAN4QxTfSBoeP/FCiaX0/KmCkl6BcKRa1PeoP6ZlPWydg1nOx yZAk8pIdgiGxxgiMBMsqD+SrU+Sl1Fx1AdJ14HJsBp1V6G4rBTZqvFpbNPCfrQfz K/Apg+7bBpi5Qv+sQ0TWIy38zp/laArgcdUOpE4oE2UOUBVEtYvm47K2P+i5AAUR tC9HZW9mZnJleSBDLiBHcmFib3cgPGdyYWJvd19nZW9mZnJleUB0YW5kZW0uY29t Pg== =2NWi -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----