Re: [cryptography] Fwd: [gsc] Fwd: OpenBSD IPSEC backdoor(s)

2010-12-18 Thread James A. Donald
On 2010-12-18 4:35 PM, Peter Gutmann wrote: James A. Donaldjam...@echeque.com writes: Must interoperate with legitimate code. Must plausibly claim to utilize well known algorithms (while actually misusing them or grossly deviating from them.). Sheesh, I can do this without even thinking.

Re: [cryptography] Fwd: [gsc] Fwd: OpenBSD IPSEC backdoor(s)

2010-12-18 Thread Peter Gutmann
James A. Donald jam...@echeque.com writes: That took all of ten seconds to get. Result: A completely FIPS 186-compliant digsig implementation that leaks the private key. And one that would take someone checking the code about an hour or so to detect. And on what do you base that apart from