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Re: Anti-Electronic Racketeering Act of 1995 (fwd)




> [email protected] ((me)) writes:
> Help!   What does GAK stand for?  I've seen it a billion times,

Government Access to Keys; also seen as GACK (Crypto Keys).  This is more
descriptive and accurate than calling it Key Escrow, since escrow is for
the benefit of the parties involved in a transaction.  I think it's Carl
Ellison's invention, and most apt it is.

	Jim Gillogly
	22 Afterlithe S.R. 1995, 12:16