The NSA Has Special Crypto "Back Door" in MS Windows ADVAPI.DLL (?)

[Joel Meulenberg]

Microsoft has responded to the allegations and says it's not a "back door".
See:  http://microsoft.com/security/bulletins/backdoor.asp .

Many had suspected as much.

Anti-MS-FUD-spammer,

Joel

-----Original Message-----
From: Joel Meulenberg <joelm at blueribbon.com>
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Cc: dave at calldei.com <dave at calldei.com>; Chris Costello
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Date: Sunday, September 05, 1999 2:42 AM
Subject: The NSA Has Special Crypto "Back Door" in MS Windows ADVAPI.DLL (?)


>This is so disturbing.  If you haven't already, you should read:
>
>http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB19990903S0014
>http://www.cryptonym.com/hottopics/msft-nsa.html
>
>Two things I take away from this:
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>1.  Open Source is everyone's friend.
>
>2.  Before hearing this, let's just say I was in a state of not being
>enamored with Mickeysoft's operating systems (I've lost sooo much of my
time
>to rebooting them!), but now I'm actually a little bit afraid of them.
>
>Granted, this story hasn't been confirmed as true, but you know that if
>Mickeysoft had the opportunity to spread this kind of FUD (fear,
>uncertainty, and doubt) to damage a competitor, they'd be all over it.
>
>+Joel
>
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>