How might new GAK be enforced?

A L scrappo.reverb at juno.com
Thu Oct 3 22:59:27 PDT 1996


On 2 Oct 96 10:34:34 EDT Ryan Russell/SYBASE <Ryan.Russell at sybase.com> writes:
>One way to handle the problem mentioned below
>is this:
>
>Using your GAK-approved encryption, send a note
>that contains a PGP encrypted body (or insert your
>crypto of choice here.)  What this does is makes it
>look like you're sending a proper GAK only note
>to folks who are checking headers and such.  If 
>they actually decrypt it (with the proper court order), 
>they will see that you've got more encryption inside, 
>and drag your butt off to court and try to make you 
>give up your key etc...
You could also go one step further and leave out all
references that it was encrypted, (I think this was
discussed in a stego thread.) then when asked (told)
to decrypt it, say:
"Decrypt what? It looks like gibberish to me."

>
>    Ryan
>






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