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Although I like the idea of shorter key-sizes, there are some points you should consider when using ECC (DUAL_EC_PRNG). Check out Bruce Schneier's blog regardi
by treuss 10y ago
Although I like the idea of shorter key-sizes, there are some points you should consider when using ECC (DUAL_EC_PRNG).
Check out Bruce Schneier's blog regarding this topic:
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2015/10/why_is_the_nsa_.html https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2015/10/why_is_the_ns...
- nailer 10y agoAck. However from the paper Schneier links to: > The Dual EC DRBG is atypical, in that no other standardized ECC protocol has any known way to insert a back door. https://eprint.iacr.org/2015/1018.pdf https://eprint.iacr.org/2015/1018.pdf