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Re: NSA key in MSFT Crypto API
From: davidu () ELECTRICITI COM (David U.)
Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1999 10:48:32 -0700
----- Original Message ----- From: Lucky Green <shamrock () cypherpunks to> To: To: cypherpunks@Algebra. COM <cypherpunks () Algebra COM> Cc: Cc: Cryptography@C2. Net <cryptography () c2 net>; <bugtraq () securityfocus com> Sent: Friday, September 03, 1999 12:21 AM Subject: NSA key in MSFT Crypto API
Perhaps not surprisingly, the debugging symbol for the second key is... _NSAKEY,
--Here's a question. What proof is there that _NSAKEY means it was from the NSA? Could it not stand for Network System Authority, just as LSA stands for Local System Authority? I think something more conclusive is needed before we jump the gun. -davidu
Current thread:
- Re: NSA key in MSFT Crypto API David U. (Sep 03)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: NSA key in MSFT Crypto API Matt Blaze (Sep 03)
- Re: NSA key in MSFT Crypto API Tim Dierks (Sep 03)
- local users can lock the console Domingos Bruges (Sep 06)
- Re: local users can lock the console Felipe Gustavo de Almeida (Sep 08)
- Re: NSA key in MSFT Crypto API John Gilmore (Sep 03)
- Re: NSA key in MSFT Crypto API Markus Kuhn (Sep 04)