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Re: Zimmerman/Viacrypt
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> From: Steve Reid <[email protected]>
>
> > Phil disagrees with ViaCrypts new "business" version of PGP which
> > apparently encrypts all messages with an employer-supplied public key
> > in addition to any specified by the employee.
>
> Looking at Denning's critique (pro-escrow rant) of the NCR crypto report,
> she mentioned that mutant version:
>
> [http://www.cosc.georgetown.edu/~denning/crypto/NRC.txt]
> "Other corporations are similarly adopting products with data recovery
> capabilities as they integrate encryption into their systems (even PGP
> comes with data recovery in Viacrypt's Business Edition)."
>
> IMHO Phil Zimmerman has good reason to object to the mutant version, if
> it's going to cause the PGP name to somehow endorse escrow.
I don't have a problem with companies escrowing keys or using a
function like that described for Viacrypt's for official company
business.
Employees should be made fully aware, however, that their
communications are being copied to a company archive. There should
be no illusion about the privacy of company communications using
company-owned software.
For private communications, they should still use a personal copy of
PGP or other encryption software of their choice.
$.02
me
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