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Re: [NOT NOISE] Microsoft Crypto Service Provider API

To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [NOT NOISE] Microsoft Crypto Service Provider API
From: Marc Horowitz <[email protected]>
Date: 18 Dec 1996 01:13:01 -0500
Cc: [email protected]
In-Reply-To: [email protected]'s message of Tue, 17 Dec 1996 19:34:02 CST
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[email protected] (Roy M. Silvernail) writes:

>> I just got my copy of the Microsoft Cryptographic Service Provider
>> Development Kit, Version 1.0.  It appears to support only Windows NT.  A
>> first glance reveals no built-in GAK (but I haven't examined it closely
>> yet!).

You're right, you haven't looked at it closely.  Although it doesn't
have Key Escrow, new cryptosystems can only be added if they are
signed by a private key held by Microsoft.  Of course, Microsoft has
agreed with the State Dept. to sign only export-"strength" crypto.

		Marc

References:
- [NOT NOISE] Microsoft Crypto Service Provider API
  - From: [email protected] (Roy M. Silvernail)

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