Xref: cantaloupe.srv.cs.cmu.edu sci.crypt:15677 alt.privacy.clipper:53 Newsgroups: sci.crypt,alt.privacy.clipper Path: cantaloupe.srv.cs.cmu.edu!crabapple.srv.cs.cmu.edu!fs7.ece.cmu.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!csn!news.sinet.slb.com!slcs.slb.com!dcd From: dcd@se.houston.geoquest.slb.com (Dan Day) Subject: Re: The Escrow Database. Message-ID: <1993Apr21.215131.29323@slcs.slb.com> Sender: news@slcs.slb.com (News Administrator) Nntp-Posting-Host: castor.se.houston.geoquest.slb.com Organization: GeoQuest System, Inc. Houston References: <1993Apr20.021846.2423@shearson.com> Date: Wed, 21 Apr 93 21:51:31 GMT Lines: 17 In article <1993Apr20.021846.2423@shearson.com> pmetzger@snark.shearson.com (Perry E. Metzger) writes: > >each of the two escrow databases. Fits conveniently on a single very >valuable Exabyte tape. This can only get easier with time, but who >cares -- I can already hold all the clipper keys in the country in my >pocket on two 8mm tapes. Excellent point, and there's a related point I'd like to make. They'll have to back up these databases themselves, won't they? How many tape copies will there be, and how secure will the tapes be? If they store them off-site, it wouldn't be too hard to hijack them in transit. If they're all kept on-site, one good bomb attack by some group intent on freeing us from the threat of government snooping will take care of the problem once and for all. I can see it now -- "Hi, we're from the government and we, um, misplaced our copy of your key. Could you mail us a copy?"