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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 ==
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== CAPI Signature Public Keys as PGP Keys ==
In September 1999, an anonymous researcher reverse-engineered both the
primary key and the _NSAKEY into 
[[Pretty Good Privacy|PGP]]-compatible format and published them
to the [[key server (cryptographic)|key server]]s.<ref>{{cite web |title=The reverse-engineered keys |publisher=Cypherspace |date=1999-09-06 |url=http://cypherspace.org/adam/hacks/ms-nsa-key.html |accessdate=2007-01-07}}</ref>

=== Microsoft's Primary (_KEY variable) CAPI Signature Key ===
<pre>
 Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID
 pub 1024/346B5095 1999/09/06 Microsoft's CAPI key <[email protected]>
 
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