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Re: [TLS] Extended random is NSA backdoor

Paul Ferguson <fergdawgster@mykolab.com> Mon, 31 March 2014 14:45 UTC

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On 3/31/2014 7:40 AM, Tom Ritter wrote:

> Looks like this has the technical details: http://dualec.org/
> 

Gracias.

- - ferg

> -tom
> 
> 


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Paul Ferguson
VP Threat Intelligence, IID
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