Re: NIST GAK meeting writeup, LONG part 3 of 3

[Andrew Loewenstern <andrew_loewenstern@il.us.swissbank.com>]

Pat Farrell writes in his report on thi NIST GAK meeting:
>>Geoff said that they may want legislation support for
>>protecting against illegal release of keys, failure to release, etc.

Jim Bell Responds:
>  Pardon me, but since this "key escrow" system was always claimed
>  to be "voluntary," then how can there be any kind of legal penalties
>  associated with "failure to release" those keys?

well, since the subject at hand is Escrow Agent Criteria, "Geoff" is probably  
talking about the failure of an escrow agent to release a key upon production  
of "lawful authorization" ....


andrew