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'''_NSAKEY''' was a [[variable]] name discovered in [[Windows NT 4]] [[Windows_NT_4.0#Service_Packs|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 ==
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As for the third key Microsoft claimed it was only in beta builds of Windows 2000 and that its purpose was for signing [[Cryptographic Service Provider]]s.<ref name="NoBackdoor">{{cite web |title=There is no "Back Door" in Windows |publisher=Microsoft |date=1999-09-07 |url=http://www.microsoft.com/technet/archive/security/news/backdoor.mspx?mfr=true |accessdate=2007-01-07
 |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20000520001558/http://www.microsoft.com/security/bulletins/backdoor.asp |archivedate=2000-05-20}}</ref>

== Explanations from other sources ==
Some in the software industry question whether the BXA's EAR has specific requirements for backup keys.{{Citation needed|date=September 2011}} However, none claim the legal or technical expertise necessary to authoritatively discuss that document.  The following theories have been presented. 

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