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Date: 1999-03-04
Bloedsinn Key Escrow: Nix capito im UK-.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- Gesetzgeber? Schlüsselhinterlegung [key escrow], um vreschlüsselte Kommunikation nach Belieben in Echtzeit aufzumachen. Das British Post Office dient sich ab dato als Schlüsseldeponie [Trusted Third Party] an. Dagegen sind eh nur die Industrie, die eine Abwanderung des Geschäfts in Drittstaaten fürchtet, die sichere Datenübertragung garantieren sowie der bekannte Aktivist & Professor zu Cambridge Ross Anderson, der die Hinterlegerei naturgemäss für ausgemachten Blödsinn hält. -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- Tuesday, March 2, 1999 Published at 17:18 GMT Cyber-criminals would be caught if the government introduced a system where the keys to coded e-mail were voluntarily lodged with licensed authorities, according to the UK National Criminal Intelligence Service (NCIS). NCIS was one of the groups appearing before the House of Commons on Tuesday. "Criminals are lazy, greedy and they make mistakes," John Abbott, NCIS Director General told the Trade and Industry Select Committee, which is hearing witnesses on electronic commerce issues. .... Civil liberties groups are campaigning against "key escrow" - the term used for lodging codes with a third party. They do not want it included in a forthcoming Electronic Commerce Bill. ... Opponents argue the proposed voluntary licensing system where Trusted Third Parties (TTPs) would hold the keys to encrypted data being sent over the Internet would never be used by criminals. .... "We would prefer to have a mandatory licensing system because that would be more inclusive," said Mr Abbott. .... The Chief Investigations Officer of HM Customs & Excise, Richard Kellaway, told the hearing that real-time access was needed to encrypted data. Mr Abbott added that it was no use knowing three days afterwards where a consignment of drugs had been exchanged. He admitted that key escrow would not solve the problem of crimes being committed on an international scale over the Internet. .... Businesses, as well as civil liberties campaigners, have voiced concern at the possible proposals on key escrow, and the Post Office stated its opposition at the hearing. Jerry Cope, its managing director for strategy, said there were two areas of concern: "If people feel this system makes them less secure then they will not want to use it. We need to instil confidence. "Then there is the additional cost of regulation and if it is greater than in France or Ireland then business will go elsewhere. It is as easy to send e- mail from London to Manchester via Paris as it is direct from London to Manchester." ... The Post Office will announce later this month that it is launching a Trusted Third Party service called ViaCode. .... The final witness of the day, a leading encryption expert, Dr Ross Anderson of Cambridge University, compared key escrow to the red flag that had to be waved in front of the first motor cars to warn people of danger. A week after the requirement was removed, there was the first road traffic fatality. But no-one would suggest we go back to the red flag today and the assumption is made by the police that 99% of those on the road are good guys, he said. He added that the police had a long way to go with computers to match their current knowledge of the motor car. They had often had to call in outsiders such as himself to help with encryption cases. "There are many, many ways of attacking computer systems and inevitably TTPs are going to be compromised," he said. "The role of government should be protecting the consumer - big business can look after itself." He said the best way forward in terms of legislation was the Australian approach that simply recognised that electronic signatures had the same force as manuscript signatures. "Key escrow would have to be global to achieve its stated purpose, and there is now no prospect of this," he said in an additional written submission to the committee. full story http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_289000/289139.stm relayed byYaman Akdeniz via Fearghas McKay <fm@mids.org> via mea culpa <jericho@dimensional.com> via <isn@repsec.com> -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- - -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- edited by Harkank published on: 1999-03-04 comments to office@quintessenz.at subscribe Newsletter - -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- 
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