How NSA access was built into Windows

How NSA access was built into Windows(heise.de)

22 points by navneetpandey 12 years ago | 4 comments

mpyne 12 years ago |

http://www.schneier.com/crypto-gram-9909.html#NSAKeyinMicros...

http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/1999/09/21577 includes the explanation from Microsoft.

Also I swear to God this has to be like the third repost of NSAKEY in a week.

thirsteh 12 years ago |

Just so it's clear: this is from 1999.

greenyoda 12 years ago |

The "NSA" in "NSAKEY" could stand for just about anything. Or it could just be some programmer's joke. It's definitely not convincing evidence that this construct has anything to do with the NSA.

yuhong 12 years ago |

Has anyone done a detailed analysis of code referencing the NSAKEY?