subject: Himfr.com Reports Microsoft Win7 Denied Exist Back Door [print this page] According to foreign media reports, Microsoft Windows today all flatly denied "door" 7. U.S. national security council (hereinafter referred to as "the NSA") an official admits NSA testifying before congress in Windows, outside after seven development are put forward.
Microsoft spokesman said, "no, Microsoft will not be used in Windows left back."
NSA information safety director Richard XieFo (Richard Schaeffer) on Tuesday, the United States senate testify in July, during the NSA, develop Windows with developers together to ensure the safety of Windows 7. Privacy protection agency electronic privacy information center director Marco rothenberg (NSA) to participate in Marc Rotenberg operating system development put forward questions, NSA "dual mission: responsible for network security and intelligence gathering".
Rothenberg mentioned yesterday to the NSA whether companies such as Microsoft press, they are required to keep back in the software code that can track user NSA, collect user communication data. He said, "this is obviously a worrying problem, each big software companies to refuse the NSA, because the federal government is an important customer.
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Microsoft Windows in denial of the door also exist and clarified the NSA in July, the problem of Windows, Microsoft spokesman said the NSA "and we discussed and safety Compliance Management about Security (Toolkit) certification candidates at every level." Microsoft Windows last month issued a 7th edition safety compliance management toolkit. Safety compliance management kit provides a series of security Settings and deploy these Settings required tools, enterprises, government agencies and other large organizations.
Microsoft flatly denied Windows and not let safety exists back researchers surprised. Antivirus software company as chief research officer AVG Roger Thompson (Roger Thompson) said yesterday, "I think NSA and Microsoft won't deliberately in Windows and leave the back door, because once in both of them were found, the reputation will cause great influence."
Gartner analysts John pace waikato (John Pescatore) said today, "these concerns are exaggerated, NSA in configuring security standards such as Microsoft, cisco company has cooperative relationship."
Rothenberg says, "the crux of the problem lies in the NSA, promote private sector is not the appropriate agency, computer security end users will therefore risk, Clipper encryption is one example. In 1993, NSA Clipper is first proposed an encryption standard, allowing law enforcement agencies visit encrypted data by this standard. In industry caused uproar Clipper, was eventually give up.
