Return-Path: <sentto-279987-2669-1002156896-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.1.0) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Wed, 03 Oct 2001 17:59:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 4135 invoked by uid 510); 4 Oct 2001 00:57:17 -0000 Received: from n30.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.80) by 204.181.12.215 with SMTP; 4 Oct 2001 00:57:17 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-2669-1002156896-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.1.220] by n30.groups.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 04 Oct 2001 00:57:12 -0000 X-Sender: fc@big.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_4_1); 4 Oct 2001 00:54:56 -0000 Received: (qmail 92338 invoked from network); 4 Oct 2001 00:54:54 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by 10.1.1.220 with QMQP; 4 Oct 2001 00:54:54 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO big.all.net) (65.0.156.78) by mta1 with SMTP; 4 Oct 2001 00:57:07 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by big.all.net (8.9.3/8.7.3) id RAA21536 for iwar@onelist.com; Wed, 3 Oct 2001 17:57:01 -0700 Message-Id: <200110040057.RAA21536@big.all.net> To: iwar@onelist.com (Information Warfare Mailing List) Organization: I'm not allowed to say X-Mailer: don't even ask X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL1] From: Fred Cohen <fc@all.net> Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2001 17:57:01 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Subject: [iwar] [fc:Keys.called.target.for.terrorists] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Keys called target for terrorists By Greg Langlois, Federal Computer Week, 10/3/2001 <a href="http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2001/1001/web-keys-10-03-01.asp">http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2001/1001/web-keys-10-03-01.asp> A panel of experts and members of Congress spoke out against legislation that would force those using encryption software to hand over decoding keys to third-party organizations. Instead of providing additional protection, "mandatory key escrow" would be a "serious threat" to the nation's infrastructure, said Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), at a panel discussion Oct. 2 on electronic surveillance and terrorism presented by the Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee. Mandatory key escrow calls for a duplicate key that can decipher encrypted information, to be held by a trusted third party -- such as a bank. "This is a matter of utmost national security," he said. "Encryption is the strongest tool we have" for protecting key institutions, such as financial markets. Such keys would be another target for terrorists, and enabling law enforcement to access them would put institutions at risk, he said. Proponents of key escrow say that without an additional, accessible key held by a third party, law enforcement agencies would be unable to decode data concealed through strong encryption. That would enable terrorists and other criminal organizations to communicate electronically without the possibility of detection, they say. Goodlatte said that so far, investigators haven't found any evidence indicating that the Sept. 11 terrorists used strong encryption. Furthermore, even if they did use it, they wouldn't offer their keys to a third party, he said. "Osama bin Laden is not going to escrow his keys," Goodlatte said. Sen. Conrad Burns (R-Mont.) agreed, saying that law enforcement should try to stop the advancement of new tools. "Technology is going to grow," he said. "The genie is out of the bottle." John Podesta, a professor at Georgetown University and former White House chief of staff under President Clinton, agreed that mandatory key escrow proposals would not work. Besides, he said, encryption is difficult to use and in the future, "security tools will be built into networks by the providers," such as banks and Internet service providers. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Pinpoint the right security solution for your company- Learn how to add 128- bit encryption and to authenticate your web site with VeriSign's FREE guide! http://us.click.yahoo.com/yQix2C/33_CAA/yigFAA/kgFolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ------------------ http://all.net/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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