DTI Policy Response

[Paul Ashton]

brownrk1@texaco.com said:
> Carl Ellison[SMTP:cme@cybercash.com] wrote:  

> >So what happens when I send you a block of random numbers, base64 encoded?
> >Do I get put on the rack until I reveal the key?
> 
> If we are suspected of heinously using public key cryptography then *I* must
> get put on the rack, not you, because they will think that you used my
> public key to encode them.  And when I give them my decyphering key (I hate
> the idea of torture, prison, or even serious inconvenience - no macho posing
> about having to unwrap my dead and twisted fingers from my smkking Psion)
> and they can't make head or tail of your message  they will come back for
> more...

That's interesting. So does that mean if I want to compromise X's private key,
I send a file encrypted by X's public key to a bad guy who is about to get
busted? Ok, I know I won't get the key either, but X might be unhappy
about having to reveal it to someone.

Paul
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