RE: German Key Usage

["Friedrichs, Paul" <friedrip@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

     It has become 
     
     a habit, 
     
     or "mantra" 
     
or "Security 101"

or ...... a religion?
     
     that the only justification for key-escrow applies to 
     data-encryption usage, and never to dig-sig.
     
     I fear we will now be assaulted with "its ok to have DS-keys 
     escrowed, as long as the NR-bit is not set."  
     
     This would be stepping on a very slippery slope.
     
     The DS/NR separation tends to weaken key-escrow's cage.
     
Not if we don't let it. Germany has very strict laws protecting 
individuals' privacy. I don't think they'll slide.

I'm not an advocate of key escrow. I don't even disagree with 
the above assertion. But we should strive to drive technology 
with more than habits and mantras.

Paul