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NIST is explicitly advocating its use in security applications. I also have no trouble conceiving of a scenario in which the US government may want to make an
by nknighthb 13y ago
NIST is explicitly advocating its use in security applications.
I also have no trouble conceiving of a scenario in which the US government may want to make an invalid scientific paper appear valid.
- viraptor 13y agoAt the bottom of the page: WARNING: DO NOT USE BEACON GENERATED VALUES AS SECRET CRYPTOGRAPHIC KEYS. Can you point to where exactly do they advocate what you say?
- nknighthb 13y agoI said "security", not "as secret cryptographic keys". Am I the only one who read the entire page? There are three links prominently featured on the page under the "Uses" header: http://www.nist.gov/itl/csd/ct/beacon-unpredict-sampling.cfm http://www.nist.gov/itl/csd/ct/beacon-unpredict-sampling.cfm http://www.nist.gov/itl/csd/ct/beacon-new-secure-auth-mechanisms.cfm http://www.nist.gov/itl/csd/ct/beacon-new-secure-auth-mechan... http://www.nist.gov/itl/csd/ct/beacon-secure-multi-party-computation.cfm http://www.nist.gov/itl/csd/ct/beacon-secure-multi-party-com...