Microsoft Authenticode key security

Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM dlv at bwalk.dm.com
Wed Mar 5 18:30:44 PST 1997


"Bob Atkinson (Exchange)" <bobatk at EXCHANGE.MICROSOFT.com> 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

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Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM
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