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> "Intentional use of escrow keys can provide for back up functionality. The relationship between P and Q is used as an escrow key and stored by for a security
by masswerk 5y ago
> "Intentional use of escrow keys can provide for back up functionality. The relationship between P and Q is used as an escrow key and stored by for a security domain. The administrator logs the output of the generator to reconstruct the random number with the escrow key." [1]
We were just using it wrong, it's a backup tool, not an encryption standard. ;-)
[1] US2007189527, abstract: https://news.ycombinator.com/reply?id=28427331&goto=item%3Fid%3D28425354%2328427331 https://news.ycombinator.com/reply?id=28427331&goto=item%3Fi...