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List:       cryptography
Subject:    Re: DCSB: Risk Management is Where the Money Is; Trust in
From:       David Hayes <david.hayes () mci ! com>
Date:       1998-11-16 15:42:14
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At 10:56 AM 11/13/98 +0100, Ian BROWN wrote:
> [description of UK's OFTEL plan to license CA's and require that they
> escrow any encryption keys they certify.]
>
>Oh, and CAs aren't allowed to be licensed for certifying signature-only keys 
>but unlicensed for certifying encryption-capable keys.

Sounds like a CA could avoid a significant paperwork load by simply
declaring (and enforcing) a policy that it would only certify
signature-only keys.

Or am I missing something obvious here?

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