Response to the DTI TTP Proposals

Ross Anderson
Cambridge University Computer Laboratory

This paper, together with its appendices, is a response to the DTI's public consultation paper ``Licensing of Trusted Third Parties for the provision of encryption services''.

• Law Enforcement Issues
• Trade and Industry Issues
  • Scaling issues
  • Healthcare experience
  • Banking experience
  • Implications for the legal profession
  • General lessons for professional practice
  • Are shared infrastructures workable?
  • The real applications of cryptography
  • What should be regulated?
• Technological Neutrality
• Trustworthiness of Third Parties
• Odds and ends
• Conclusion
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