Re: patriot act and public key encryption

2003-02-08 Thread John Kelsey
At 04:29 PM 2/7/03 -0500, Steve Furlong wrote: ... Legal question: If Alice selected and used a system in which she wouldn't be _able_ to provide the decryption key or the decrypted documents on demand, would she still be liable under contempt or criminal charges for not providing them? Maybe she

Re: patriot act and public key encryption

2003-02-07 Thread Steve Furlong
On Friday 07 February 2003 16:22, Mike Rosing wrote: > On Fri, 7 Feb 2003, Michael Cardenas wrote: > > If secret searches with secret warrants are legal now, what good is > > it to use public key encryption and keep a backup of your private > > key at home on a floppy? > > > > Is there a protocol t

Re: patriot act and public key encryption

2003-02-07 Thread Mike Rosing
On Fri, 7 Feb 2003, Michael Cardenas wrote: > If secret searches with secret warrants are legal now, what good is it > to use public key encryption and keep a backup of your private key at > home on a floppy? > > Is there a protocol to have a "blinded" private key, so you wouldn't > actually have

patriot act and public key encryption

2003-02-07 Thread Michael Cardenas
If secret searches with secret warrants are legal now, what good is it to use public key encryption and keep a backup of your private key at home on a floppy? Is there a protocol to have a "blinded" private key, so you wouldn't actually have access to your own private key? -- michael cardenas