SynData/Schneier Attack Network Associates

[William H. Geiger III]

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In <199712052053.PAA14508 at enslaved.student.umd.edu>, on 12/05/97 
   at 03:53 PM, Wesley Griffin <wgriffin at enslaved.student.umd.edu> said:

>> At 11:42 AM 12/5/97 -0500, you wrote:
>> > "The government's key recovery program is a complete violation of the
>> > individual's right to privacy and, in fact, compromises of the system are 
>> > already taking place. This shows that key escrow is an untenable policy," 
>> > said Bruce Schneier, one of the world's leading authorities on encryption 
>> > and author of the book "Applied Cryptography". "SynData is paving the
>> > way for other software developers by taking a stand in opposition to the 
>> > government and companies like Network Associates." 
>> 
>> 
>> By "companies like Network Associates", do you mean "companies who are
>> members of the Key Recovery Alliance" (http://www.kra.org)? If so, here are
>> the "companies like Network Associates", in that regard:  [Note RSA is a
>> Charter Member]

>This statement is seriously confusing Key Recovery and Key Escrow.  They
>are  NOT the same thing.  Everybody knows what Key *Escrow* is and that
>it sucks.   Key Recovery is *very* different in that are no databases
>kept of private keys. The website you mentioned (http://www.kra.org)
>contains some very good info on  how Key Recovery works.  I would like to
>see the source of Schneier's quote  also, because I can't believe he
>could get the two confused.

There is no confusion here. KRAP supports GAK plain and simple. They want
the government to be able to get into everyone's nickers and are actively
working on making this possible (of course with the promise of nice
government contracts and easing of export restrictions).

Key Recovery= Key Escrow = GAK it's all the same thing. Unauthorized 3rd
parties gaining access to your data without your consent and more than
likely without you knowledge.

I think that most on this list would agree that this is a BadThing(TM).

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