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diff --git a/proposals/103-multilevel-keys.txt b/proposals/103-multilevel-keys.txt index bdec440..1dc2b02 100644 --- a/proposals/103-multilevel-keys.txt +++ b/proposals/103-multilevel-keys.txt @@ -5,6 +5,14 @@ Last-Modified: $Date$ Author: Nick Mathewson Created: +Overview: + + This document proposes a change in the way identity keys are used, so that + highly sensitive keys can be password-protected and seldom loaded into RAM. + + It presents options; it is not yet a complete proposal. + +Proposal: Replacing a directory authority's identity key in the event of a compromise would be tremendously annoying. We'd need to tell every client to switch |