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'''_NSAKEY''' was a [[variable (computer science)|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 ==
(contracted; show full)ied the speculations on _NSAKEY. "This report is inaccurate and unfounded. The key in question is a Microsoft key. It is maintained and safeguarded by Microsoft, and we have not shared this key with the NSA or any other party."<ref>{{cite press release|title=Microsoft Says Speculation About Security and NSA Is "Inaccurate and Unfounded"|publisher=Microsoft Corp.|date=1999-09-03|url=http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/1999/sept99/rsapr.mspx|accessdate=2006-11-09}}</ref> 
TMicrosoft said that the key's symbol was "_NSAKEY" because the NSA is the technical review authority for U.S. export controls, and the key ensures compliance with U.S. export laws.<ref name="NoBackdoor"/>

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