"Tipping-off" revisited

[Brian Gladman]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles Lindsey" <chl@clw.cs.man.ac.uk>
To: <ukcrypto@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2001 6:58 PM
Subject: Re: "Tipping-off" revisited


> On Thu, 8 Mar 2001 17:49:54 -0000
> "David Hansen" <davidh@spidacom.co.uk> said...
>
> >
> > On 8 Mar 01, at 15:47, Richard Clayton wrote:
> >
> > > I think it would be wise to avoid statements such as "I will only
> > > revoke this key if served with a s49 order with an s54 provision".
> > > That might not be keeping secret the "giving of the notice".
> >
> > On the contrary, that is an excellent form of words. I will modify it
> > and add it to my signatures.
>
> So if I obtain your key by hacking your computer, and your passphrase by
> peering over your shoulder, and then go around the net impersonating you
> to your great detriment, you will STILL not revoke the key?

I agree that it does not seem quite right in this form.  

Something more like:

"If I revoke this key, the only circumstance in which I will not be
prepared to explain my reasons for doing so will be when UK
government authorities have stipulated that providing such an
explantaion would be unlawful"

is needed.

    Brian