Security News > 2016 > January > UK Government Promoting Backdoor-Enabled Voice Encryption Protocol (Schneier on Security)
2016-01-22 20:23
The UK government is pushing something called the MIKEY-SAKKE protocol to secure voice. Basically, it's an identity-based system that necessarily requires a trusted key-distribution center. So key escrow is inherently built in, and there's no perfect forward secrecy. The only reasonable explanation for designing a protocol with these properties is third-party eavesdropping. Steven Murdoch has explained the details. The upshot:...
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