On 23 September 2013 01:09, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote:
> So we think there is 'some kind' of backdoor in a random number generator.
> One question is how the EC math might make that possible. Another is how
> might the door be opened.
Are you talking about http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_EC_DR
On 24 September 2013 17:01, Jerry Leichter wrote:
> On Sep 23, 2013, at 4:20 AM, ianG wrote:
>>> ... But they made Dual EC DRBG the default ...
>>
>> At the time this default was chosen (2005 or thereabouts), it was *not* a
>> "mistake".
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/11/the_stra
On 02/10/13 18:42, Arnold Reinhold wrote:
On 1 Oct 2013 23:48 Jerry Leichter wrote:
The larger the construction project, the tighter the limits on this stuff. I used to work with a former structural
engineer, and he repeated some of the "bad example" stories they are taught. A famous case a
On 10/09/13 15:58, james hughes wrote:
On Sep 9, 2013, at 9:10 PM, Tony Arcieri mailto:basc...@gmail.com>> wrote:
On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 9:29 AM, Ben Laurie mailto:b...@links.org>> wrote:
And the brief summary is: there's only one ciphersuite left that's
good, and unfortunately its only
