On Tue, May 22, 2001 at 02:09:18PM +0100, kevin lyda wrote:
> let's say you have a group of people that will have public key encrypted
> files sent to them. at any point you want to make sure that any *two*
> of those people can unlock a private key to decrypt those files.
What do you mean exactly ? Is this a bit like the captain and the XO on the
submarine with the keys to the nuclear missile launcher i.e. do two people
have to agree to decrypt ? If so, who gets to get the plain text ?
Regards,
Niall
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