--- begin forwarded text Date: Wed, 07 Jul 1999 13:35:50 -0800 From: "Paul Holman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Organization: Fort Nocs, Inc. To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ZixMail is Key Escrow Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: "Paul Holman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I was hoping these guys would turn out to be brothers in arms. Not so. from <http://www.customtracks.com/Conference.htm> > Second, Is there a key escrow for ZixMail? > > In order to obtain worldwide encryption export approval from the > Commerce Department - for encryption that the National Security > Agency cannot break - there is a requirement that a secure key > escrow be established, normally with a "trusted third party". This > escrow can be accessed only by court order from a federal court of > competent jurisdiction. > > CustomTracks has been approved to be its own “trusted third party”. > The escrowed keys, however, are encrypted by public key > cryptography and can only be decrypted by a private key that is > unknown to CustomTracks or ZixMail. Paul Holman Special Agent Fort Nocs, Inc. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 6.5.1 for non-commercial use <http://www.pgp.com> iQA/AwUBN4PIBYjmsgE/WrVpEQImagCeK4TotXPToJLMflCWONRU/9pU8LAAmgLm WgS84j6VAjGu108h1+hpIKpS =qd5J -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --- end forwarded text ----------------- Robert A. Hettinga <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'
