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From the Wikipedia page: > Microsoft said that the key's symbol was "_NSAKEY" because the NSA is the technical review authority for U.S. cryptography export co
by Sean1708 7y ago
From the Wikipedia page:
> Microsoft said that the key's symbol was "_NSAKEY" because the NSA is the technical review authority for U.S. cryptography export controls, and the key ensures compliance with U.S. export laws.
People have speculated elsewhere in the thread about why they need a second key to be compliant, but as far as I'm aware we don't actually know.
- ryanlol 7y agoI wonder if this just suggests that there’s nothing interesting to know. “the _NSAKEY backdoor” would still make an excellent blackhat/defcon talk today if someone could actually demonstrate its existence and explain practical exploitation. On the other hand “I looked and couldn’t find anything” isn’t really a very meaningful or interesting statement.