[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Re: Microsoft CAPI

To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Microsoft CAPI
From: Andrew Loewenstern <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 96 15:13:54 -0500
Cc: Ravi Pandya <[email protected]>, [email protected]
References: <[email protected]><[email protected]>
Sender: [email protected]

Mike McNally writes:
>  And so what happens when the Microsoft key is compromised?
>  It might be hard to break by purely cryptographic means, but
>  surely there are some people at Microsoft who aren't
>  millionaires.

I ask:  "Who Cares?"  It is easy enough to distribute with the secure-non-GAK  
plug-in a patch for disabling the module authentication.  Heck, you could  
even make an ActiveX applet that did it...

andrew
"Click Here to Download and Install Real Crypto"

References:
- Microsoft CAPI
  - From: Ravi Pandya <[email protected]>
- Re: Microsoft CAPI
  - From: Mike McNally <[email protected]>

Prev by Date: RE: "Soul Catcher" Computer Chip (fwd)
Next by Date: Re: legality of wiretapping: a "key" distinction
Prev by thread: Re: Microsoft CAPI
Next by thread: Re: Microsoft CAPI
Index(es):
- Date
- Thread