At 10:56 AM 11/13/98 +0100, Ian BROWN wrote:
> [description of UK's OFTEL plan to license CA's and require that they
> escrow any encryption keys they certify.]
>
>Oh, and CAs aren't allowed to be licensed for certifying signature-only keys
>but unlicensed for certifying encryption-capable keys.
Sounds like a CA could avoid a significant paperwork load by simply
declaring (and enforcing) a policy that it would only certify
signature-only keys.
Or am I missing something obvious here?
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