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Do you not consider this[0] evidence of them sabotaging cryptography systems? [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6944118 https://news.ycombinator.com/ite
by idle_processor 13y ago
Do you not consider this[0] evidence of them sabotaging cryptography systems?
[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6944118 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6944118
- mpyne 13y agoIn the context of NSA specifically, not really; the algorithm is meant to be secure for all uses except against NSA. I've noted before that I disagree with NSA's actions here but this isn't a case of them shipping crypto with a backdoor that anyone could target (contrary to the claim of the top comment from your link, only NSA could break the crypto in Dual EC DRBG).
- idle_processor 13y agoSuppose I take your claim that "only the NSA could break [it]" on good faith. You're missing the word "presently." That back door is there. Others not having figured out how to interact with it yet is a matter of security through obscurity[0], and the system is still weaker for it, even though it's not yet fully cracked. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_through_obscurity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_through_obscurity