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IP: Re: PGP "Everything the FBI ever dreamed of"
From: David Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
Date: Tue, 07 Oct 1997 05:18:18 -0400
Date: Mon, 06 Oct 1997 23:05:20 -0700 To: farber () cis upenn edu From: Steve Caine <shc () cfg com> Subject: Re: IP: Re: PGP "Everything the FBI ever dreamed of"
Date: Sun, 05 Oct 1997 19:10:27 -0700 To: farber () cis upenn edu From: Rob Glaser <robg () real com> Subject: Re: IP: PGP "Everything the FBI ever dreamed of" [...] Having said that, imagine if Congress were about to pass a law that said that every time a company implemented a physical key system it needed to give a master key to the FBI (or to the local police department). The public would be appropriately outraged. [...]
Dave, I agree with all of this and I am strongly opposed to any mandatory key escrowing system. However, many people seem to use the above physical key analogy but no one (that I've heard) has mentioned the "notorious" Knox Box. As you know, CFG tries to keep a very secure perimeter. Even our landlord (by terms of the lease) does not have a key to our area. However, every business in Pasadena must have a Knox Box on the outside of the building & that must contain master keys to all areas of the building. I've never been able to get a definitive answer from the city as to who has keys to all the Knox Boxes, but I've been told by people I know in the Fire Department that at least all Captains & Battalion Chiefs have them. I don't know if it's law or insurance requirements, but I don't have a choice in this. We have an intruder alarm, so there's at least a chance we would know if someone used the keys. In fact, I once visited a COMINT secured site of a well-known company, and there was a Knox Box next to the "people sieve". Of course, there was a full-time guard stationed where he could see it :-). Of course, none of us (yet) have to give anyone keys/combinations to the safes *inside* or offices, but ... Steve. -- Steve Caine :: shc () cfg com :: http://www.cfg.com/ Caine, Farber & Gordon, Inc. :: Pasadena, CA, USA 800 424 3070 :: 626 449 3070 :: +1 626 449 3070 NOTE: New Area Code 626 -- Please Change Your Records!! ************************************************** "Photons have neither morals or visas" -- Dave Farber 1996 **************************************************
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