On Sun, 2007-01-14 at 23:58 -0500, Claude Jones wrote: > " A CARELESS mistake by Microsoft programmers has revealed that special access > codes prepared by the US National Security Agency have been secretly built > into Windows. The NSA access system is built into every version of the > Windows operating system now in use, except early releases of Windows 95 (and > its predecessors). The discovery comes close on the heels of the revelations > earlier this year that another US software giant, Lotus, had built an > NSA "help information" [local] trapdoor into its Notes system, and that > security functions on other software systems had been deliberately crippled. > > The first discovery of the new NSA access system was made two years ago by > British researcher Dr Nicko van Someren. But it was only a few weeks ago when > a second researcher rediscovered the access system. With it, he found the > evidence linking it to NSA. > > Computer security specialists have been aware for two years that unusual > features are contained inside a standard Windows software "driver" used for > security and encryption functions. The driver, called > ADVAPI.DLL,.........snip" > > The rest is here: http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/5/5263/1.html Dread this... I just went to that site and the link to the how-to to undo the keys resulted in: Not Found The requested URL /hottopics/msft-nsa/ReplaceNsaKey.zip was not found on this server. "How's that for your commie conspiracy?" - General Jack Ripper, in "Dr. Strangelove" ""Fear and Loathing in Crypto-Land" <evil cackles> Ric -- ================================================ My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. Linux user# 44256 Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/ http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/oar http://www.wayward4now.net ================================================
