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The underlying letter http://www.ams.org//notices/201502/rnoti-p165.pdf http://www.ams.org//notices/201502/rnoti-p165.pdf carefully avoids saying whether or not
by bradleyjg 12y ago
The underlying letter http://www.ams.org//notices/201502/rnoti-p165.pdf http://www.ams.org//notices/201502/rnoti-p165.pdf carefully avoids saying whether or not the NSA put a backdoor into Dual EC DRBG. The language is several places seems to suggest it did not, but there is no outright denial (or acknowledgement).
- bkeroack 12y agoI imagine it's still classified, meaning nobody could admit it if they wanted to.
- throwaway87409 12y agoYup, http://www.spiegel.de/media/media-35546.pdf http://www.spiegel.de/media/media-35546.pdf
- csandreasen 12y agoIn a keynote speech, Richard "Dickie" George, former technical director for the NSA Information Assurance Director, flat out denied it claiming that they were non-deterministically generated random numbers[1]. He also talked a little bit about how Dual EC became a public standard to begin with[2]. If you have the time, I think the whole video is worth a watch - he goes into the history of DES, espionage between the US and Soviets, getting cryptographic equipment working in tanks, etc... [1] http://vimeo.com/97891042 http://vimeo.com/97891042 (jump to 57:53) [2] Same video, jump to 30:14
- bradleyjg 12y agoJust watched the whole video. Thanks for linked it.
- EthanHeilman 12y agoI just wrote a reponse to Dr. Wertheimer's letter looking some of the misleading statements[0]. [0]: http://ethanheilman.tumblr.com/post/108115952435/a-response-to-wertheimers-encryption-and-the-nsa http://ethanheilman.tumblr.com/post/108115952435/a-response-...