NODE de03ec8cRe: NIST GAK meeting writeup, LONG part 3 of 3
Andrew Loewenstern <andrew_loewenstern@il.us.swissbank.com>Tue, 12 Dec 1995 14:05:35 +0800
Pat Farrell writes in his report on thi NIST GAK meeting:
>>Geoff said that they may want legislation support for
>>protecting against illegal release of keys, failure to release, etc.
Jim Bell Responds:
> Pardon me, but since this "key escrow" system was always claimed
> to be "voluntary," then how can there be any kind of legal penalties
> associated with "failure to release" those keys?
well, since the subject at hand is Escrow Agent Criteria, "Geoff" is probably
talking about the failure of an escrow agent to release a key upon production
of "lawful authorization" ....
andrew