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cryptography, operating system, security A utility that
SYSKEY was an optional feature added in
Windows NT 4.0 SP3.
attacks so that the SAM database would still be secure even if
someone had a copy of it. However, in December 1999, a
a security hole in SYSKEY which indicates that a certain form
Microsoft later collaborated with BindView to issue a fix
(dubbed the 'Syskey Bug') which appears to have been settled
and SYSKEY pronounced secure enough to resist brute-force
attack.
According to Todd Sabin of the BindView team RAZOR, the
(2000-07-16)