NODE 86e6636aRe: Anti-Electronic Racketeering Act of 1995 (fwd)
jpb@shadow.net (Joe Block)Sat, 15 Jul 95 10:07:41 PDT
>> silly@ugcs.caltech.edu ((me)) writes:
>> Help! What does GAK stand for? I've seen it a billion times,
>
>Government Access to Keys; also seen as GACK (Crypto Keys). This is more
>descriptive and accurate than calling it Key Escrow, since escrow is for
>the benefit of the parties involved in a transaction. I think it's Carl
>Ellison's invention, and most apt it is.
I like Federal Usurpation of Citizens Keys for Encrypted Discourse, myself.