Quoting "Steven M. Bellovin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> 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....
Yep. Nothing below board going on.
--Steven M. Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb
-derek
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Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board (SIPB)
URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/ PP-ASEL-IA N1NWH
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