DTI Policy Response

Dave Howe DHowe at tecsun.demon.co.uk
Tue, 28 Apr 1998 18:44:16 +0100


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?
Nope - Inless they are convinced you are using a symmetric key, they will be looking
to me for the private half of the public key you used

> jAH5Ph4UkSBcAaDWkSfJqIqpRphC1QMGUWp7RVpkUuaw/JoqKd7c0Ooxo6sQIe6S
> nc9WkxL1o46/MkoCfjFkGct3+5XDo50OWJgclXXAtF9iZH6U0x4ncITNJBYuAcYh
> GQIxfOP03GylMBjGmz1JrSVG488oZlNhMlE4xk1aYf4wE0XOhsTGclO53keoPQCv
> xUhTNDq23L3g6MWRYIZt70VeHj7H4OZx7PIah4V6eoxDICtGAEpL5RCZswGo87TK
> ta6fM5LDKPMqOSVdzcJF/Bsl+OD6HaB00Mwip4tc2hhzUwifde1xzZxFqmEzBUL8
> GGn00V++5fYSzzCLbQRgBglWx1SMGEBtx3ZaUv5Emaqr3a5MdqnXIvFn/BW9XGvZ
> JgH4vKJiehzrzTjPy6Lm6h2Ij4TAdlqDqe7KzT7NPyYB7+N+ONuY/PB4GJeEgNLd
> NojgJR3hpz+0RVeqrcA+q2lDN9oTthvYQKqT8yoXJE3BRFCKDcR0ri80xwx3u14u
> B1MYGKUlSRCs8T+RB5r1mrxS+EgLGyY9hFiaqx/8/g8967be7ch2nvFJES2K8+eQ
> FQ0KBusbMmGAl+c4puxokxolar+hHrOSI17t2g0KAUhr7N7929TsfwuyE0w2WZ50
> 3N4CvdCSfb2FopUpaBRvqg14j0FXjK8IhKrOrIN9UkDmqLxQV1ZzOSVwBBXPAgQ1
> dKExDT1DtEsB+Fukukg67owWczRj67C2EjFu06N1mXBwLUx0PLX8YP+dyXCqJgNS
> NeTyqKtudTUWIWwmrhaB4i7tk7IxmzYQPnpCIfNAZpwLL/wbRFMVm3s61YWVzifR
> tSNdOB2pD2NU+v/2yRx4yMvBm6hlhKwexRa2kLr+nfS0wDtrfKV0zrgP0Lqj5du5
> iZhMn85q7eFNhbdbnqELhWTQS3qQBKDLqNPgEr9JqqGaKhKmALeb3IC4wV+vWQ0K
> rf2u+T5/EuKIYKa3lQ6YKjue2xCspCnx+ZCg2vN435fkU51wq4DTuWyR37q/L1Q7
> /AvZQDinP2WMb5R667a8V9C8UcNQ5l0rf6qald8PDQl/50y4Tg5GOjczSN4N6y2+
> xMJHO2I5JeWk48lJiHzVY98ZycYXgSqemI/qJgHlZK8Qh8YHuEFp02Y0WMsqt6X7
> tSva5ULAxX25YIpuBzkNCn0V5tPoC6xr/wFqLoN2jv3AyNxlSRZ/FGxhI1tR3tU1
> ibVY+sdmG83MhQ37/f1VcRa4F92VLH41dFtIEkSCfFiVQmtKOXcwra0oGed7Y1rU
> cRrZAxb+dgtacZIRXN3LIvMVJQW7gv67a3AaXI1PrVwPzHH0dzxtGK8sRhsQunTM
> QzGK3xdGHTgWf/gxTZ82RI==

How dare you say that about my mother! :+)

For that matter, how would they handle Steno? would receiving an email containing a
picture, or going to a website that has graphics, be good reason to come after me with
rubber hoses?

Sig:                       __--= Dave =--__