Re: NSA key in MSFT Crypto API

From: David U. (daviduat_private)
Date: Fri Sep 03 1999 - 10:48:32 PDT

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    ----- Original Message -----
    From: Lucky Green <shamrockat_private>
    To: cypherpunks@Algebra. COM <cypherpunksat_private>
    Cc: Cryptography@C2. Net <cryptographyat_private>; <bugtraqat_private>
    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
    



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