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> the NSA has been strongly encouraging suite B (EC-based) > variants of older ciphersuites. There is so much structure in the arithmetic of elliptic curves
by Estragon 15y ago
> the NSA has been strongly encouraging suite B (EC-based)
> variants of older ciphersuites.
There is so much structure in the arithmetic of elliptic curves that I would expect ECC methods to be cracked before RSA/DSA. I assumed they were talking about ECC when they claimed a new attack.
- harshreality 15y agoIgnoring mathematical properties, the timing wouldn't make sense. Barely anyone used ECDSA/ECDH until very recently, and still it's rare. It wouldn't make sense that the NSA has been pushing suite B for gov agencies since this "breakthrough".