On Wed, 26 Apr 2006 22:24:22 -0400, Derek Atkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Quoting "Steven M. Bellovin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > In an article on disk encryption > > (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/04/26/pgp_infosec/), the following > > paragraph appears: > > > > BitLocker has landed Redmond in some hot water over its insistence > > that there are no back doors for law enforcement. As its > > encryption code is open source, PGP says it can guarantee no back > > doors, but that cyber sleuths can use its master keys if > > neccessary. > > > > What is a "master key" in this context? > > ADK, the Additional Decryption Key. An enterprise with a Managed > PGP Desktop installed base can set up an ADK and all messages get > encrypted to the ADK in addition to the recipient's key. > Ah -- corporate key escrow. An overt back door for Little Brother, rather than a covert one for Big Brother.... --Steven M. Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
