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Govt mandated key

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NODE 2c416abfGovt mandated key
If I have to pay for each key that I use, then
I have a particular key in mind for my one time 
pad.  It's a single (trancendental) number that 
starts with a decimal point.  It's the binary 
equivalent of the decimal number:

.012345678910111213141516171819202122......

I promise to only use this one key, and I'll just
select a random offset into it for each message.

Rick F. Hoselton  (who doesn't claim to present opinions for others)
NODE 5ea7cac4Re: Govt mandated key
On Tue, 18 Jul 1995, rick hoselton wrote:

> If I have to pay for each key that I use, then
> I have a particular key in mind for my one time 
> pad.  It's a single (trancendental) number that 
> starts with a decimal point.  It's the binary 
> equivalent of the decimal number:
> 
> .012345678910111213141516171819202122......
> 
> I promise to only use this one key, and I'll just
> select a random offset into it for each message.
> 
> Rick F. Hoselton  (who doesn't claim to present opinions for others)
> 
> 
I wouldn't register my keys and I don't think ANY of us should either.
If they threatened me W/ RICO, I would probably register *A* key but 
certainly not one I EVER indended to actually use.
In a case like this I think massive civil disobediance would be a good 
response.
I would like to see a campaign of sending PGP to random Euros or whoever 
has a foriegn tag through anon. remailers.Like this UU encode it and daisy
chain it to whoever.
How's that sound?
Eric
NODE 1df1c774Re: Govt mandated key
| I wouldn't register my keys and I don't think ANY of us should either.
| If they threatened me W/ RICO, I would probably register *A* key but 
| certainly not one I EVER indended to actually use.
| In a case like this I think massive civil disobediance would be a good 
| response.

	Registering 2^128 keys is just as good a form of civil
disobedience as refusing to co-operate.  Who was it that said the best
remedy to a bad law is for it to be strictly enforced?

	I think after I register my 2^128 keys (in random order, of
course), I shall from time to time request copies of particular keys
to ensure that they are keeping mine on file.  Actually, I think I can
reasonably be expected to use both IDEA and 3DES, so I shall also
register 2^196 3DES keys.  To simplify the goverments indexing of
these keys, one could also generate key identifiers to will identify
each message with on the outside.  These unrelated numbers would
double or triple the number of bits that would have to be stored.

	Storing or transmitting them might be a bit of a problem, but
I'll expect government assistance in finding a storage medium that can
hold more bits than the number of atoms in the universe.

Adam

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