Re: Last Call: Recognising RFC1984 as a BCP

On 8/16/15 1:05 AM, Brian E Carpenter wrote:
> I really believe this discussion completely misses the point.
>
> RFC 1984 says:
>
>    Even if escrowed encryption schemes are used, there is nothing to
>    prevent someone from using another encryption scheme first.
>    Certainly, any serious malefactors would do this; the outer
>    encryption layer, which would use an escrowed scheme, would be used
>    to divert suspicion.
>
> In other words: even the most Byzantine escrow system is useless in the
> face of a bad actor who chooses to implement and use a non-escrowed
> system, concealing its existence using a government-approved escrowed
> system on top. 
Or on bottom.  Whichever.  The point is well made in 1984.

> Escrow is only useful against law-abiding people who
> trust the government(s) in the first place.
It's that assertion that has been repeatedly proven false with all
manner of other technology.

Eliot

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