Re: TIS--Building in Big Brother for a Better Tommorrow

[frantz@netcom.com (Bill Frantz)]

At 11:16 PM 2/22/96 -0800, Timothy C. May wrote:
>And we should all remember, again, that basic observation: even if "key
>escrow" is needed to recover *stored* files, it sure ain't needed for
>*communications*!!

If a key is being generated for two way communications, then it should be
generated via a protocol like Diffie-Hellman which leaves no recoverable
knowlege of the key outside the participants, and discarded when the
session is over of frequently, whichever occurs more often.  This procedure
will reduce the incentive for rubber hose attacks to recover these keys.


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