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  Multi-grade cryptography

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by Ronald L. Rivest
http://theory.lcs.mit.edu/~rivest/Rivest-multigrade.ps
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Abstract:

The recent development of powerful cryptographic techniques has caused a number of public policy issues to become significant. The three most prominent issues are (1) export control, (2) key escrow, and (3) anonymity. These represent tradeoffs between different societal objectives:

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