Difference in terms

Bill Stewart stewarts at ix.netcom.com
Thu May 15 08:55:33 PDT 1997


>Lutz Donnerhacke <lutz at as-node.jena.thur.de>writes:
>>   key recovery is if I can get my key
>>   key escrow is if you can get my key

"Key Escrow" was "We want your keys".
"Software Key Escrow" was "OK, Clipper was a loser, but we want your keys"
"Public Key Infrastructure" was "Here, have some keys"
"Trusted Third Party" was "Hey, trust us, we want your keys"
"Key Recovery" is "OK, that didn't work, but we still want your keys"


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