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RE: Microsoft Authenticode key security




In <[email protected]>, on 03/05/97 at 07:44 PM,
   [email protected] (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM) said:


>"Bob Atkinson (Exchange)" <[email protected]> writes:

>> Actually, and sort of to the point, no, the keys never actually ever the
>> BBN box, except as part of a backup procedure in which they are
>> extracted in a doubly-encrypted form for which for security reasons you
>> need the manufacturer's help in restoring.
>>
>> To this day, no human or computer other than the box itself knows the

>But do we necessarily believe what Microsoft people say?

>Dimitri "bought OS/2 1.0 from Microsoft" Vulis

:))))))

If Bill Gates got on national TV and told the world that the sky was blue
I'd have go outside and look for myself. Not that this is just more M$
bashing, I wouldn't trust N$, IBM, Novell, HP, DEC, SUN or any other "big
name" hardware/software company that depends on large government contracts.

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