Path: utzoo!utgpu!utstat!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!lll-winken!uunet!munnari!otc!metro!bunyip!brolga!ggm From: ggm@brolga.cc.uq.oz (George Michaelson) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip Subject: Re: RSA Encryption on the Internet Message-ID: <285@brolga.cc.uq.oz> Date: 6 Apr 89 01:42:04 GMT References: <1631@fig.bbn.com> Organization: University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia Lines: 29 > The shortest way to ask this question is to be somewhat flip about > it, but I don't mean to be -- it's something I really would like to > know: > What steps are being taken to ensure that the one group > that holds the keys to secure Internet mail won't be > selling them to the Russians? as a tangential question, What steps are being taken to ensure the USA governmental agencies don't restrict access to this facility and prevent non-US access? if you institute secure SMTP and don't let the rest of the world use it you can kiss goodbye to a lot of connectivity. note#1: the above question posits the *holders* of the keying info selling it to I'm positing the *providers* of keying info not being allowed to distribute keys to which is not the same thing. note#2: couldn't you have chosen a better ? If the russians want to read my e-mail, they'll have to join the queue behind the NSA, GCHQ, and my mother. -Come to think of it, GCHQ will probably be *selling* the keys to the highest bidder if Maggie privatizes them... avanti popolo! -george -- ACSnet: ggm@brolga.cc.uq.oz Phone: +61 7 377 4079 Postal: George Michaelson, Prentice Computer Centre Queensland University, St Lucia, QLD 4067