How NSA access was built into Windows
Claude Jones
claude_jones at levitjames.com
Mon Jan 15 04:58:52 UTC 2007
" A CARELESS mistake by Microsoft programmers has revealed that special access
codes prepared by the US National Security Agency have been secretly built
into Windows. The NSA access system is built into every version of the
Windows operating system now in use, except early releases of Windows 95 (and
its predecessors). The discovery comes close on the heels of the revelations
earlier this year that another US software giant, Lotus, had built an
NSA "help information" [local] trapdoor into its Notes system, and that
security functions on other software systems had been deliberately crippled.
The first discovery of the new NSA access system was made two years ago by
British researcher Dr Nicko van Someren. But it was only a few weeks ago when
a second researcher rediscovered the access system. With it, he found the
evidence linking it to NSA.
Computer security specialists have been aware for two years that unusual
features are contained inside a standard Windows software "driver" used for
security and encryption functions. The driver, called
ADVAPI.DLL,.........snip"
The rest is here: http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/5/5263/1.html
So, my question is, if this is all true, then, what about Selinux?
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Claude Jones
Brunswick, MD, USA
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