Key Expiration (was: Revoking Old Lost Keys)
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Numerous people over that last few days have suggested key expiration dates. Viacrypt advertises this for their commercial version of pgp. Has anyone used this feature or know how it works (i.e. how does it remain interoperable with other versions of pgp, or does the expiration feature only work with other viacrypt users?) Clay - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Clay Olbon II | olbon@dynetics.com Systems Engineer | ph: (810) 589-9930 fax 9934 Dynetics, Inc., Ste 302 | http://www.msen.com/~olbon/olbon.html 550 Stephenson Hwy | PGP262 public key: finger olbon@mgr.dynetics.com Troy, MI 48083-1109 | pgp print: B97397AD50233C77523FD058BD1BB7C0 "To escape the evil curse, you must quote a bible verse; thou shalt not ... Doooh" - Homer (Simpson, not the other one) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBMPFTWAS4mEMx6xUNAQFn+AP+KANJoiLTbbeuqvkHsrnHm1o7vVeXYmXr 9Rjnr6HAuOLL1JJRqd2D2csKC6MaWXkwWbfihdqiPbQJT8MfNwevYBzVVXEmALRI Ic2uFkESHnHdcht7IVNInCiqlt6Bm17t9ZGlPWSk8aeENaP5bKI3AqJ8AqLROovx 8EK2NHvNPjo= =VCui -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
I'm in the Air Guard and have been for almost 10 years. I work in the crypto vault, which is really really boring. but we keep it interesting by shreading pieces of cardboard in the outer vault and yelling to my chief "...O.K. CHIEF...I'M SHREADING THE PICTURES OF THE CRASH SITE IN NEVADA...YOU WANT ME TO SHREAD THEM ALL?" Anyhow, last summer our material controller got tasked by (I think) the OSI to do this emergency audit on this unit's material control section up in Washington. There's these cool safes that we use to store our cryto in that look kinda like the ones behind Trey at: http://www.msen.com/~olbon/trey.html These safes are only build and sold for DOD use; you can't buy them as civilians. At least these specific ones are. So it turns out that the guy who was in charge of the supplies of this unit was selling all kinds of stuff at his garage sales, including some of these safes. This civilian bought a safe and a year or so later it stopped working, so he called the phone number on the metal tag thats on the safe. The conversation went like this: Safe manufacturer: Hello? Civilian: Yeah, I got this safe of yours and its broken. SM: What unit are you with? C: HUH? SM: Who are you? C: Look, I don't like your attitude. What does it matter who I am...who are you?!? I want this thing fixed. SM: Are you with the military? C: No, why would I be? SM: Can I put you on hold for a second, please don't hang up. You can guess the rest. It didn't take them long to figure out what happened, and the material control guy who sold the safe cut town. but they got him. At least that's how I heard it. I hate to relay these things second hand, but looking at Trey's picture made me remember it. ______________________________________________________________________________ ______ T E K T R O N I X _ C P I D _ T E C H N I C A L _ S U P P O R T _______ / Voice: 1.800.835.6100 E-mail: support@colorprinters.tek.com Fax: 1.503.685.3063 WWW: www.tek.com BBS: 1.503.685.4504 E-World: Keyword Tektronix HAL: 1.503.682.7450 AOL: Keyword Tektronix Service: 1.800.835.6100 FTP: ftp.tek.com ______________________________________________________________________________
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