With all the talk about the problems with escrowed keys (and there are plenty of problems) has anybody considered that there must be a backup set of the keys somewhere? I can't believe that the gov't would spend all the time, effort and money and let the only copy of the keys be accidentally (or on purpose if I get a chance) to destroy the key database. Therefore, there must be a backup set somewhere. Who is guarding these? Where are they? Who has access? Has anybody heard anything about this? 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!!! | |----------------------------------------------------------------------| | PGP fingerprint = C9 95 0F C4 E9 DD 8E 73 DD 99 4E F5 EB 7A B6 1D | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~