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This paper investigates interoperability problems arising from the use of dissimilar key recovery mechanisms in encrypted communications. The components that can cause interoperability problems are identified and a protocol is proposed where two communicating entities can negotiate the key recovery mechanism(s) to be used. The ultimate goal is to provide the entities a means to agree either on a mutually acceptable KRM or on different, yet interoperable, mechanisms of their choice.
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Rantos, K., Mitchell, C.J. (2001). Key Recovery Scheme Interoperability - A Protocol for Mechanism Negotiation. In: Honary, B. (eds) Cryptography and Coding. Cryptography and Coding 2001. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2260. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45325-3_23
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