Re: [TLS] Extended random is NSA backdoor

Tom Ritter <tom@ritter.vg> Mon, 31 March 2014 14:41 UTC

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From: Tom Ritter <tom@ritter.vg>
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 10:40:49 -0400
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Subject: Re: [TLS] Extended random is NSA backdoor
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Looks like this has the technical details: http://dualec.org/

-tom