PGP "master keys"

[Derek Atkins]

Quoting "Steven M. Bellovin" <smb at cs.columbia.edu>:

>> > What is a "master key" in this context?
>>
>> ADK, the Additional Decryption Key.   An enterprise with a Managed
>> PGP Desktop installed base can set up an ADK and all messages get
>> encrypted to the ADK in addition to the recipient's key.
>>
> Ah -- corporate key escrow.  An overt back door for Little Brother, rather
> than a covert one for Big Brother....

Yep.  Nothing below board going on.

> 		--Steven M. Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb

-derek
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       Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
       Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board  (SIPB)
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