Talk on Escrow by Phil Zimmermann at Cambridge

[Ross Anderson]

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Subject: Talk on Escrow by Phil Zimmermann at Cambridge
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 1998 17:18:57 +0100
From: Ross Anderson <rja14@cl.cam.ac.uk>


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                  University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory

                             SECURITY SEMINAR SERIES

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SPEAKER:        Phil Zimmermann, PGP Inc.

DATE:           Wednesday 29th April 1998 at 5.30 PM

PLACE:          Hopkinson Lecture Theatre, New Museums Site, Cambridge

TITLE:          PGP AND RESISTANCE TO KEY ESCROW

This week's political developments highlight the trap of buying into a
top-down key management infrastructure. I will talk about the new
features of PGP's evolving architecture which we have specifically
designed in order to make it resistant to key escrow while enhancing 
its scalability in large organisations.


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NOTE: this week's seminar has been arranged at short notice in response
to the government's U-turn on crypto policy. It is thus at a non standard
time and a nonstandard venue. Maps and travelling directions can be found
at <http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/site-maps/site-maps.html>

Other relevant seminars this term include a talk on the 12th May by Susan 
Landau of the University of Massachussetts on `Cryptology, Technology and
Policy' (Susan is one of the authors of `Privacy on the Line' which
documents the crypto policy struggle in the USA) and another on the 19th
by David Biggins of Rhea International Ltd entitled `Confessions of a
Red Box Builder' (Rhea designed the new electronic red boxes used by some 
ministers). Both these talks are at the usual 4.15PM in room TP4.


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