Diritto ed Informatica: Diritto Internet
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| key recovery |
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| Phraseology |
key recovery system
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| Definition |
[A]llows authorised persons (for example users, officers of an organisation and law enforcement authorities) under certain conditions, to decrypt messages with the help of cryptographic key information, held in escrow, and supplied by one or more trusted parties.
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| Definition source |
(L)ukdtipap-UK
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| Context |
Although legislation implementing the Clipper proposals foundered due to popular opposition, and has not passed through Congress, it was announced in the autumn of 1996 that export controls on encryptionsoftware would be reduced in return for an industry commitment to the introduction of a "key recovery" system requiring that copies of all keys be held by a "Trusted Third Party".
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| Context source |
(B)edwards, waelde8
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| Synonym |
key escrow
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| Subject field |
Internet Law
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| Related concept |
private key, TTP
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| it |
cf. key escrow and key recovery
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| Note |
"UK proposals use the term ´key recovery´ rather than the US term ´key escrow´. For practical purposes, there is no difference between the two terms." (Jw)akdeniz2
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