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Intel has plausible deniability. A backdoor in RDRAND would be some very minor statistical flaw. It could just be something tiny that makes private keys suscept

by PeCaN 10y ago

Intel has plausible deniability. A backdoor in RDRAND would be some very minor statistical flaw. It could just be something tiny that makes private keys susceptible to some known or unknown attack.

dogma1138 10y ago
Doesn't matter still a recall will be called for.
- PeCaN 10y ago
  RDRAND is probably microcoded, so they should just be able to patch it out. Since they can't be charged with anything malicious, Intel gets off scot-free.