Editing Syskey (section)

===The "Syskey Bug"===
In December 1999, a security team from [[BindView]] found a security hole in Syskey that indicated that a certain form of offline [[cryptanalysis|cryptanalytic]] attack is possible, making a [[brute force attack]] appear to be possible.<ref name="bvskdottxt">{{cite web |url=https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/11121/bindview.syskey.txt.html |title=bindview.syskey.txt |work=[[Packet Storm]] |date=December 16, 1999 |access-date=July 1, 2016 |author=Sabin, Todd}}</ref> Microsoft later issued a fix for the problem (dubbed the "Syskey Bug").<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thewindowsclub.com/inbuilt-syskey-utility-lock-windows-7-computer-usb-stick |title=Use SysKey Utility to lock Windows computer using USB stick |publisher=The Windows Club |date=March 9, 2012 |access-date=July 1, 2016 |author=Khanse, Anand}}</ref> The bug affected both Windows NT 4.0 and pre-RC3 versions of [[Windows 2000]].<ref name="bvskdottxt" />