J._Andrés_Hall wrote:
> Not really, because (in theory at least!) CryptoAPI CSPs
> (Crypto Service Provider modules that implement the algos
> offered by CryptoAPI) need to be digitally signed by Microsoft
> in Redmond for your security and to keep the NSA from labelling
> CryptoAPI as CWAH. Microsoft, in compliance with the NSA,
> will only sign US CSP modules.
Yeap. BUGTRAQ reported last month, that it's easy
for a user to replace NSA key with his own key.
This way anyone can sign a module.
Regards,
Mike
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