Re: [OT] more from Cryptome on NSA, Windows firewals, mail services

["Eugene Y. Vasserman" <eyv@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Thus spake Ringo Kamens on Sun, 23 Dec 2007:

(snip)
>    Also, we know the NSA and DoJ have engaged in
>    this type of activity in the past such as "working" with Microsoft to
>    secure vista and having their private key inserted into windows
>    versions so they could decrypt things.

I've heard of the Vista bit, but what are you referring to, as far as
having a decryption key for Windows stuff? I know they had one in...
What was it? Lotus Notes?


(snip)
>    Comrade Ringo Kamens

Eugene

>    On Dec 23, 2007 11:20 AM, Scott Bennett <[1]bennett@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>          The article is at
>      [2]http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2007/12/20/nsa-0wnz-
>      popular-firewalls
>      (Beware of linewrap in URL above.)  Because it's from Cryptome, the
>      same folks
>      who think the NSA controls large banks of IP addresses in places
>      like Red
>      China, perhaps the article should be taken with a hefty grain of
>      salt.
>                                       Scott Bennett, Comm. ASMELG, CFIAG
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> References
> 
>    1. mailto:bennett@xxxxxxxxxx
>    2. http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2007/12/20/nsa-0wnz-popular-firewalls
>    3. http://cs.niu.edu/

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Eugene Y. Vasserman
Ph.D. Candidate, University of Minnesota
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