At 11:50 PM 8/30/95 -0500, you wrote:

In =any= Key Escrow arrangement (including the non-government variety preferred by 4 out of 5 Cypherpunks in a recent survey) there must be a division between encryption keys and signature keys. .... Please don't mention to anyone the fact that my signature key can be used to send me something that even the escrow agents can't read....

Only if you use RSA. One of the neat things about RSA, as opposed to DH or DSA/DSS, is that the same algorithm can do both signature and encryption. Once we all have our Gummint-issue Citizen-Unit SmartCards with the Web-Of-Mistrust Hierarchical Certification System, people won't be able to use the DSS feature to send you encrypted messages <fnord>Pay no attention to that man behind the subliminal channel!</fnord> but you can still use them for signatures, including checking escrow agency signatures on your privacy key. #--- # Thanks; Bill # Bill Stewart, Freelance Information Architect, stewarts@ix.netcom.com # Phone +1-510-247-0664 Pager/Voicemail 1-408-787-1281 #---