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He isn’t saying the CA is bad. He is saying the curves selected are arbitrary and they stuck to specific ones with no reason. That the NSA has a backdoor to at
by SV_BubbleTime 3y ago
He isn’t saying the CA is bad. He is saying the curves selected are arbitrary and they stuck to specific ones with no reason. That the NSA has a backdoor to at least some TLS EC algorithms.
Now, IMO I thought the whole point was that the curve itself didn’t really matter. As you are just picking X Y points on it and doing some work from there. But if there is a flaw, and it required specific curves to work, well there you go.