Hi everyone,

I'm Allen Schaaf and I'm primarily an information security analyst - I try to look at things like a total stranger and ask all the dumb questions hoping to stumble on one or two that hadn't been asked before that will reveal a potential risk.

I'm currently consulting at a very large HMO and finding that there are lots of questions that have not been asked so I'm having fun.

One of the questions that I have been raising is trust and how to ensure that that it is not misplaced or eroded over time. Which leads me to my question for the list: I can see easily how to do split key for 2 out of x for key recovery, but I can't seem to find a reference to the 3 out of x problem.

In case I have not been clear enough, it is commonly known that it is harder to get collusion when three people need to act together than when there are just two. For most encryption 2 out x is just fine, but some things need a higher level of security than 2 out of x can provide.

Thanks for any tips, ideas, solutions, or pointers.

Allen Schaaf
Information Security Analyst
Certified Network Security Analyst and
Intrusion Forensics Investigator - CEH, CHFI
Certified EC-Council Instructor - CEI

Security is lot like democracy - everyone's for it but
few understand that you have to work at it constantly.

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