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Re: NSA key in MSFT Crypto API
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David U.)
Fri Sep 3 15:23:50 1999
From: "David U." <davidu@electriciti.com>
To: "Lucky Green" <shamrock@cypherpunks.to>,
"cypherpunks@Algebra. COM" <cypherpunks@Algebra.COM>
Cc: "Cryptography@C2. Net" <cryptography@c2.net>, <bugtraq@securityfocus.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1999 10:48:32 -0700
----- Original Message -----
From: Lucky Green <shamrock@cypherpunks.to>
To: cypherpunks@Algebra. COM <cypherpunks@Algebra.COM>
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
