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Re: NSA key in MSFT Crypto API

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David U.)
Tue Sep 7 20:08:10 1999

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Date:         Fri, 3 Sep 1999 10:48:32 -0700
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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

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