[Nym3-devel] Keys in nymserver

[Laurent Fousse]

Hi,

* Erik Arneson [2005-01-14]:
> On 14-Jan-2005, Jean-René Reinhard <jean-rene.reinhard at m4x.org> wrote:
> > I was wondering if the encryption key is really necessary : as a
> > matter of fact, when travelling on the network, data ara already
> > encrypted using a key present in the surbs, isn't it. If I get it
> > right the only use of the encryption key is to cypher the mails if
> > they stay too long on the server, am I right?
> 
> I think the data will still need to be encrypted between the last hop
> and the nymserver, wouldn't they?

If I understand how the surbs work correctly, the message that travels
back to the user gets a new layer of encryption at each mix server it
encounters on its way. So the nymholder encryption key is only needed
to protect the data at the nymserver itself (against local
compromise).

Laurent.
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