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Interesting... Attacking the standards process. Poor NIST, besieged on all sides. They should just give up on cryptography, they are fatally compromised by thei
by jeffrallen 6y ago
Interesting... Attacking the standards process. Poor NIST, besieged on all sides. They should just give up on cryptography, they are fatally compromised by their connection to NSA.
- ncmncm 6y agoOne could suggest they were under attack, even breached, but their refusal to reveal details of their analysis suggests a worse conclusion.
- imglorp 6y agoAgain. Stop us if you've heard this before. https://www.math.columbia.edu/~woit/wordpress/?p=7045 https://www.math.columbia.edu/~woit/wordpress/?p=7045
- centimeter 6y agoThis is another reason it's entirely reasonable for people to be concerned about social attacks on software design pipelines (e.g. entryists making social demands on software developers). That sort of thing detracts from serious engineering concerns and can provide cover for weakening or undermining a standard.