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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)eating 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 inquiries went unanswered.

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(contracted; show full)
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