[Cryptography] Plan to End the Crypto War

[Bill Frantz]

On 1/8/16 at 10:46 AM, hughejp at me.com (james hughes) wrote:

>My personal conjecture is that split golden key is no better 
>than single golden key because any human process where the 
>split key works, that process can be implemented around a 
>single golden key.

One advantage a split key has is more security against insider 
attack. You need N of M insiders inorder to get at the data. If 
those insiders have to be inside different organizations, all 
the better.

Cheers - Bill

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