Electronic Telegraph, Issue 1380, Saturday 6 March 1999
Police Want Keys to Decode Private E-Mail
By Robert Uhlig, Technology Correspondent
The Government was accused yesterday of rushing through legislation that
could allow it unprecedented powers to access and decrypt any person's
private e-ma
Adam Back wrote:
> - it may be possible to use Matt Blaze's proxy crypto construct to
> provide a proxy signing key for the credential if a public proxy
> function can be found corresponding to the signature algorithm used.
> This would allow signatures to be made without requiring disclosure of
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From: Somebody
To: "Robert Hettinga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: FT Key Escrow 6 March
Date: Sat, 6 Mar 1999 12:38:13 -
FT
UK March 6 1999
INTERNET: Security proposal welcomed
By Paul Taylor in London
The UK government has backed away from an open confrontatio