Re: FW: Microsoft, the NSA, and You.

Ben Black (black@layer8.net)
Sat, 4 Sep 1999 16:19:53 -0700

This is a similar statement to those in the articles at cnn.com and
news.com quoted from various MSFT managers. I am still unclear exactly
which export regulation requires a second key and why.

All my speculation leads back to collusion with NSA.

On Sat, Sep 04, 1999 at 04:08:40PM -0700, Joachim Feise wrote:
> There is one press release:
> http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/1999/sept99/rsapr.htm
> The main sentence:
> Microsoft said the key is labeled "NSA key" because NSA is the technical review
> authority for U.S. export controls, and the key ensures compliance with U.S. export
> laws.
>
> -JoeF
>
> "Joseph S. Barrera III" wrote:
> >
> > I haven't seen any response from Microsoft regarding
> > this yet.
> >
> > Sigh.
> >
> > - Joe
> >
> [snip]
> --
> The best way to accelerate a win95 system is at 9.81 m/s^2

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