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'''_NSAKEY''' is a variable name discovered in [[Windows NT]] 4 Service Pack 5 (which had been released unstripped of its [[Debug symbol|symbolic debugging]] data) in August 1999 by Andrew D. Fernandes of [[Cryptonym Corporation]]. That variable contained a 1024-bit [[public key]].

== Overview ==
(contracted; show full) apparently felt that Campbell was hostilely repeating questions that he had already answered. On 28 April 2000, Culp stated that "we have definitely reached the end of this discussion ... [which] is rapidly spiraling into the realm of conspiracy theory"<ref>{{cite web |title=The Culp-Campbell correspondence (Microsoft Stonewalls _NSAkey Questions) |publisher=Cryptome |date=2000-05-25 |url=http://cryptome.org/nsakey-ms-dc.htm |accessdate=2006-11-27}}</ref> and Campbell's further 
einquiries went unanswered.

== Explanations from other sources ==
After a great deal of discussion featuring wildly varying levels of cryptographic expertise, various conclusions have been presented. To begin with, some observers, including Fernandes, doubt the BXA's EAR have specific requirements for backup keys. However, none of the commentators claim the legal expertise necessary to authoritatively discuss that document.

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[[Category:Microsoft criticisms and controversies]]
[[Category:History of cryptography]]
[[Category:Conspiracy theories]]
[[Category:National Security Agency]]

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