Re: NSA key in MSFT Crypto API

[davidu () ELECTRICITI COM (David U.)]

----- 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