On Thu, 2002-05-16 at 05:12, civileme wrote: > Ummm, Miark, in august 1999, cryptonym corporation was examining a > Service pack release of NT4 from which microsoft had inadvertantly > forgotten to strip the data tags. > > Microsoft has (or had) in Win9x and WinNT cruyptographic keys for > cryptographic services and no services would work without passing the > appropriate key. This was to comply with export restrictions at the > time (128 bit encryption was considered a weapon). > > Ummm no wrong, the backup key or what everyone had been led to believe > was the back-up key was clearly and unequivocally labelled in the tag > "NSAKey" > > Rapid denals were issued by NSA and microsoft that the key was used by > the NSA though such a key did have the potential of allowing the > installation of security (spy) software on the system without the user's > knowledge. > > A little later a third, undocumented and definitely untagged key was > discovered. > > A program was issued to overwrite the second key which had the side > effect that exported versions could enable 128 bit encryption by > installing their own keys. > > Civileme
Here's another YAWN (yet another wooden nickel) to add to what Civ added to what Miark stated. Since the NSA is able to spy on citizens by virtue of the NSA backdoor so thoughtfully provided by M$, would this not be an excellent reason for the government to maintain an ongoing business relationship with M$? Perhaps the Government would even be so thoughtful as to provide some extra "consideration" in court by bumping good judges from the bench in favor of more controllable personnell; Kotar-Kelly, perhaps. Maybe the liberals don't give a fig about the military and the NSA; however the republicans weigh towards them extensively; and that to my thinking is a powerful motive to grease MicroShaft out the Antitrust a-hole relatively unscathed. Quite sickening. So while the Peruvian Government does the right thing, the corrupt American government violates it's own Antitrust laws by giving M$ a carte blanc to rape and pillage the public with the "M$ Tax." We are all, after all, nothing but tax fodder to the government employees, anyway. Since M$ imposes their own tax on businesses and individuals, why then should they not be buds? Two bloodsucking vampiric parasites walking along together conducting legal crime; birds of a feather flock together, right? The government taxes the individuals, while it's buddy MicroSh*t provides a spy conduit by which the government can track individuals that don't like the taxes, while MicroSh*t taxes the individuals, while the government provides unofficial protection for Microshaft. It's a sweetheart deal, boys. HTH, LX :> -- 같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같� Kernel 2.4.8-26mdk Mandrake Linux 8.1 Enlightenment 0.16.5 Evolution 1.02 Registered Linux User #268899 http://counter.li.org/ 같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같�
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