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Can anyone please explain what this means for someone who doesn't understand crypto?
by middleclick 13y ago
Can anyone please explain what this means for someone who doesn't understand crypto?
- owenmarshall 13y agohttp://crypto.stackexchange.com/questions/10417/explaining-weakness-of-dual-ec-drbg-to-wider-audience http://crypto.stackexchange.com/questions/10417/explaining-w... does a great job.
- bm1362 13y agoI'll give it a shot, but I have absolutely no experience with cryptography. I found this video to help explain the concept: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulg_AHBOIQU&feature=c4-overview&list=UUoxcjq-8xIDTYp3uz647V5A http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulg_AHBOIQU&feature=c4-overvi... The relationship between P and Q (two points on the elliptic curve, see the video) allows someone to predict the RNG behavior. This is alleged to be used by the NSA, and the paper above predicts this relationship being used to provide an escrow-like ability for a 3rd party to access encrypted data. Someone please correct me if I am wrong, as I would like to further my understanding as well.