" . . . a bad standard was identified early and kept out of products. NIST may not have caught the problem . . . "
https://www.theverge.com/2013/9/11/4718694/how-far-did-the-nsa-go-to-weaken-cryptography-standards NIST was criminally negligent, or just corruptly criminal, or both, in cahoots with the NSA Just ask list member Peter Trei >>> Now, a Reuters exclusive report is showing the other side of the story. >>>The report details a secret deal between the NSA and respected encryption >>>company RSA, in which the agency paid $10 million for RSA to incorporate the >>>weaker algorithm into an encryption product called BSafe. Because of the >>>earlier work, the algorithm had been approved by NIST, so RSA could claim >>>their encryption used only nationally certified protocols. <<< https://www.theverge.com/2013/12/20/5231006/nsa-paid-10-million-for-a-back-door-into-rsa-encryption-according-to Some list members from 2001 - 4 may have taken my advice to DUMP RSA STOCK. The least I could do.
