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	CIA cryptonym - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation CIA cryptonym (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		CIA cryptonyms are code words seen in declassified documents of the US Central Intelligence Agency.
		Each CIA cryptonym in these documents contains a two character prefix called a digraph, which designates a geographical or functional area.
		The rest is either an arbitrary dictionary word, or occasionally the digraph and the cryptonym combine to form a dictionary word (e.g.: AEROPLANE).
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/CIA-cryptonym.html (744 words)

	EXN.ca \| Technology
		Cryptonym is a North Carolina-based software company that today said the NSA can gain access to users' security functions on most Windows operating systems.
		Cryptonym Chief Scientist Andrew Fernandes told Newsbytes that he was working through the coding innards of the security systems for WindowsNT4 when he discovered two security keys within - one for the company's use, and one labeled "_NSAKEY."
		Specifically, Fernandes and Cryptonym said in a statement, Windows uses cryptographic public keys to verify the integrity of a CryptoAPI (application programming interface) component before using it.
	exn.ca /Stories/1999/09/03/02.asp (485 words)

	Another security flaw in Windows uncovered - 07 Sep 1999 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		US data security company Cryptonym Corporation have now added to the disquiet by discovering what they say is a serious security flaw in every copy of Windows.
		What Cryptonym discovered was that there are, in fact, two of these keys; one held by Microsoft and the other by the NSA.
		Cryptonym has found a flaw in the way that crypto verification operates which enables users to eliminate the NSA key from the system without touching any of Microsoft's components.
	www.accountingweb.co.uk /news/stories/64/6317.html (287 words)

	LEAP: Trust No One, Except the Code
		ast week, Cryptonym (http://www.cryptonym.com), a cryptography and internet security company announced that their Chief Scientist Andrew Fernandes had discovered a backdoor for the National Security Agency (http://www.nsa.gov) that exists in all versions of Microsoft's Windows operating systems, including Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, and the upcoming Windows 2000.
		Cryptonym's announcement created outrage and caused many to re-examine Microsoft's security standards.
		The point of this entire commentary is not to try and determine who is right or telling the truth, Microsoft or Cryptonym.
	www.leap-cf.org /article.php3?article=trustnoone (582 words)

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		These details are essentially the contents of the "Rump Session" talk that Andrew Fernandes gave at the Crypto'99 Conference, on 15 August 1999, in Santa Barbara, California.
		A sample program which temporarily replaces the NSA key with a test key, and leaves the rest of the CryptoAPI system intact, can be downloaded by clicking this link (currently only for WinNT and Win2k).
		These files are provided for demonstration purposes only, and may not be redistributed or used for any purpose other than demonstration without the written authorization and license of Cryptonym Corporation.
	www.chez.com /guerrilha/msft-nsa.html (1323 words)

	Microsoft "NSAKEY" security advisory - Privacy Software Corporation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		This is demonstrated by a downloadable program on the Cryptonym site which proves the exploit on Windows2000 and WindowsNT systems.
		While Cryptonym was not able to provide a demonstration for Windows95 and Windows98, we performed a test here using the "CryptAPI" and it works on these platforms as well.
		The ADVAPI32.DLL library cited in research by Cryptonym is but one module that calls the CRYPT32.DLL library, which in turn calls the MSOSS.DLL library and the flaws referred to are in these libraries and not in ADVAPI32.DLL itself.
	www.nsclean.com /nsakey.html (1954 words)

	KUBARK - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation KUBARK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		KUBARK was a U.S. Central Intelligence Agency cryptonym for the CIA itself.
		The cryptonym KUBARK appears in the title of a 1963 CIA document KUBARK Counterintelligence Interrogation which describes interrogation techniques, including, among other things, "coercive counterintelligence interrogation of resistant sources", that is, torture techniques.
		Sections of these manuals were used to create a later CIA document, Human Resource Exploitation Training Manual - 1983.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/KUBARK.html (128 words)

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		Andrew Fernandes, chief scientist for security software company Cryptonym in Mississauga, Ontario, claimed on his Web site Friday that the National Security Agency may have access to the core security of most major Windows operating systems.
		Researchers are divided about whether the NSA key could be intended to let US government users of Windows run classified cryptosystems on their machines or whether it is intended to open up anyone's and everyone's Windows computer to intelligence gathering techniques deployed by NSA's burgeoning corps of "information warriors".
		According to Fernandez of Cryptonym, the result of having the secret key inside your Windows operating system "is that it is tremendously easier for the NSA to load unauthorized security services on all copies of Microsoft Windows, and once these security services are loaded, they can effectively compromise your entire operating system".
	www.stat.rice.edu /~dobelman/kstorm.txt (3427 words)

	Fun_People Archive - 3 Sep - Microsoft, the NSA, and You -- Is export controll dead for Windows?
		While investigating the security subsystems of WindowsNT4, Cryptonym's Chief Scientist Andrew Fernandes discovered exactly that - a back door for the NSA in every copy of Win95/98/NT4 and Windows2000.
		Thus the NSA has effectively removed export control of "strong" crypto from Windows.
		Cryptonym: Bringing you the Next Generation of Internet Security, using cryptography, risk management, and public key infrastructure.
	www.langston.com /Fun_People/1999/1999AOW.html (714 words)

	Re: plausible CAPI recovery designs (Re: FW: Cryptonym...)
		Re: plausible CAPI recovery designs (Re: FW: Cryptonym...)
		Adam Back wrote: > > This general area of discussion -- software modification > authentication -- is a bit fuzzy: if you can modify the software you > can patch out the check of the signature (a correctly placed NOP is > known to do it).
		Re: plausible CAPI recovery designs (Re: FW: Cryptonym...) P.J. Ponder
	www.mail-archive.com /cryptography@c2.net/msg01889.html (297 words)

	New Windows crypto backdoor reported found
		Andrew Fernandes charges that the cryptography may be intended to grant access to data on any Windows user's system to the U.S. National Security Agency.
		The holder of the second key, if it is indeed the NSA (the acronym by which the National Security Agency is often referred), could easily load unauthorized security services on any copy of Microsoft Windows, according to Cryptonym.
		Cryptonym's statement maintained that there is a flaw in the way the cryptography verification occurs, which means that users can eliminate or replace the NSA key without modifying Microsoft's original components.
	www.networkworld.com /news/1999/0903nsa.html (448 words)

	Bio (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		TRANSGRESSION formed in Aprill of 2004, and was originally known as CRYPTONYM until July 2005.
		Right from the first time that we jammed, the original four members really clicked well together and noticed that we were going to have a very unique sound.
		We are gaining notice from a wide variety of people, and creating a stir in the local scene.
	secret-name.com /bio.htm (197 words)

	PCWorld.com - Is Windows Wide Open to the NSA?
		He charges that it may be intended to grant access to data on any Windows user's system to the U.S. National Security Agency.
		Andrew Fernandes of Cryptonym has investigated Microsoft's "CryptoAPI" architecture for security flaws and has found that in Windows NT 4's Service Pack 5, the company neglected to remove annotations identifying the security components, according to a Cryptonym statement.
		Apparently there are two keys used by Windows, one of which belongs to Microsoft and allows the secure loading of encryption services, but the second was annotated in the code with the letters NSA.
	www.pcworld.com /news/article.asp?aid=12618 (406 words)

	Got \| Apex? Forums - TWOTD is "cryptonym"
		05-07-2003 06:20 AM he cryptonym and scared the bejeezus outta him
		he cryptonym and scared the bejeezus outta him
		05-08-2003 01:41 AM mojo is a cryptonym for an ignorant slut.
	www.gotapex.com /forums/printthread.php?t=60602 (118 words)

	Microsoft has installed a 'back door' for every Windows 95, 98, NT and 2000 Operating Systems for the United States NSA ...
		The key, which works with the Microsoft Cryptographic API (MS-CAPI) is labelled as "NSA key".
		Andrew Fernandes, chief scientist with Cryptonym of Morrisville, North Carolina, was quoted last week as saying the inclusion of the key made it easier for the NSA to compromise a Windows user's security, without their knowledge.
		This speculation is ironic since Microsoft has consistently opposed the various key escrow proposals suggested by the government because we don't believe they are good for consumers, the industry or national security," said Microsoft.
	www.freerepublic.com /forum/a37d1c807172a.htm (2402 words)

	Re: plausible CAPI recovery designs (Re: FW: Cryptonym...) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		On Thu, 9 Sep 1999, Adam Back wrote: > > This general area of discussion -- software modification > authentication -- is a bit fuzzy: if you can modify the software you > can patch out the check of the signature (a correctly placed NOP is > known to do it).
		The next key, of course, has to stored securely.
		Re: plausible CAPI recovery designs (Re: FW: Cryptonym...) Martin Minow
	www.mail-archive.com /cryptography@c2.net/msg01888.html (144 words)

	SecuriTeam.com ™ - Microsoft Windows contains a cryptographic backdoor?
		In a shocking article, Cryptonym has released information about Microsoft's CryptoAPI security vulnerability.
		This vulnerability is very extraordinary, since it allegedly enables the NSA (National Security Agency) full access to any "encrypted" transaction encrypted using Microsoft's CryptoAPI.
		Cryptonym's home page can be found at: http://www.cryptonym.com/
	www.securiteam.com /securitynews/2QUPUQUSAW.html (349 words)

	Return to Responses, Reflections and Occasional Papers
		Further, the additional names sometimes provided real name identifications for cryptonyms that were unidentified in Venona and vice versa.
		Consequently, different real names for the same cryptonym are not disagreements over identifications in these cases.
		It is due to questions of the chronology of the use of a cryptonym, different agencies and communications channels, and other ambiguities that a researcher must check the source of a cover name and identification for the context.
	www.johnearlhaynes.org /page66.html (992 words)

	NSA can access your computer! - TennTimes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		New Windows crypto backdoor reported found By Elizabeth Heichler IDG News Service, 09/03/99 The chief scientist of a Canadian cryptography and security firm has identified a backdoor into Microsoft's cryptography system.
		Two weeks ago, a US security company came up with conclusive evidence that the second key belongs to NSA.
		A stration "how to do it" program that replaces the NSA key can be found on Cryptonym's website.
	www.tenntimes.org /gin/Privacy/privacy-03.html (1950 words)

	CIA cryptonym
		Seems to go with Staff D ops, Staff D being the group that worked directly with the NSA.
		Staff D was where ZR/RIFLE, a Castro assassination plot, was buried.
		LINCOLN - Ongoing operation involving Basque separatist group
	en.efactory.pl /CIA_cryptonym (592 words)

	A.Word.A.Day--Today's Word
		I remember being blown away; this kid had never dreamed that so many astronomy books existed!
		One huge set was labeled `AGK2,' and this cryptonym piqued my curiosity." Leif J Robinson; The Hipparcos Firehose; Sky and Telescope (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jun 1999.
		They will never live up to your expectations.
	www.wordsmith.org /words/cryptonym.html (115 words)

	Definition of cryptonym - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
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	www.m-w.com /cgi-bin/dictionary?va=cryptonyms (71 words)

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