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> there is no evidence at all which indicates the exploits leaked by Shadow Brokers are intentional backdoors And this seems a little disingenuous. Perhaps the
by 3131s 10y ago
> there is no evidence at all which indicates the exploits leaked by Shadow Brokers are intentional backdoors
And this seems a little disingenuous. Perhaps there is no evidence so far regarding these particular leaks from Shadow Brokers, but in general the NSA has a history of creating backdoors.
You and I discussed some of this a bit already in one of the older NSA threads:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullrun_(decryption_program) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullrun_(decryption_program)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_EC_DRBG https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_EC_DRBG
The idea of "key escrow", used by the NSA in the Clipper Chip's Skipjack algorithm, is really a euphemism for a built-in cryptographic backdoor.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipper_chip https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipper_chip
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_escrow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_escrow
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skipjack_(cipher) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skipjack_(cipher)
- willstrafach 10y agoI definitely do not deny any previous instances. I am very against backdoors and will never defend them. But it is an extreme accusation to make against Microsoft in this case without evidence, so the fact that there is no evidence should be stated clearly to ensure people do not get confused.
- Karunamon 10y agoPerhaps there is no evidence so far regarding these particular leaks from Shadow Brokers And right there, GP is correct. Either there is evidence to suggest that these were planted backdoors (difficulty: patched out long before the leaks), or there is not.