re fifth amendment and passwords in article qv m i geraldo cc utexas edu mccoy ccwf cc utexas edu jim mccoy writes i set up a bbs that uses public key encryption and encryption of files on disk the general setup is designed so that when users connect they send a private key encrypted using the system public key and the user s public private keypair is used to wrap the one time session keys used for encrypting the files on disk the result of this is that even if i reveal the system private key it is impossible for anyone to gain access to the files stored on the machine what is possible is for someone to use the revealed system private key to entice users into revealing thier personal private keys during the authentication sequence any answers or general musings on the subject would be appreciated just a question as a provider of a public bbs service aren t you bound by law to gurantee intelligble access to the data of the users on the bbs if police comes with sufficent authorisation i guessed this would be a basic condition for such systems i did run a bbs some time ago but that was in switzerland friendly greetings germano caronni instruments register only through things they re designed to register space still contains infinite unknowns pgp key id germano caronni caronni nessie cs id ethz ch fd ccf f da ea c dd f
