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Re: [TLS] Extended random is NSA backdoor

=JeffH <Jeff.Hodges@KingsMountain.com> Tue, 01 April 2014 00:35 UTC

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Subject: Re: [TLS] Extended random is NSA backdoor
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 >> Schneier even had a whole article about it in Wired, but the link seems
 >> broken now.
 >>
 >> 
http://www.wired.com/politics/security/commentary/securitymatters/2007/11/securitymatters_1115

The Strange Story of Dual_EC_DRBG
https://www.schneier.com/crypto-gram-0711.html#10


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