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Comment on: Windows Server vulnerability requires immediate attention
I am now convinced that Microsoft is purposefully degrading the quality of the cryptography at the behest of the NSA.It would take a lot to convince me that my position is false.Think about what that would take: You'd have to explain to me, at length, that no-no-no, Microsoft cares deeply about the security of their customers, they hire professional cryptographers, and that they keep up with the best practices in ciphers, protocols, and configuration defaults.So let us see what kind of uphill battle that would be:In 2020, Microsoft products have all of the following current cryptographic probl