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Worst type of bug that could possibly exist, and unnoticed by the general public for so long. Incredible. Something like this could trivially be detected with b
by attack 19y ago
Worst type of bug that could possibly exist, and unnoticed by the general public for so long. Incredible. Something like this could trivially be detected with basic prng tests. I'm certain that there are groups that discovered this long ago!
- Create 19y agoIt is a worst type of "bug" because it seems intentional: the implications are enormous, the temptation is simply too big. Remember the "netscape" crypto lib (ssl huh...)? With half-key repositories, weak rnd generators, "bugs". This doesn't happen so often by accident. Particularly after having been recognized. http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~daw/papers/ddj-netscape.html http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~daw/papers/ddj-netscape.html
- attack 19y agoIt appears hugely likely that this is intentional.