[tor-talk] Elliptic Curve Crypto and the NSA

[Andrew F]

spline curves.


On Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 2:15 PM, Martijn Grooten <martijn at lapsedordinary.net>
wrote:

> On Sun, Nov 01, 2015 at 10:15:08PM -0500, Michael McConville wrote:
> > Dual_EC_DRBG, a random number generation algorithm, was very likely
> > backdoored by the NSA. Tor doesn't use it. There is little evidence that
> > other EC algorithms have been subverted, although it's possible.
>
> I agree with this statement, though I believe in this case people aren't
> suspecting a backdoor but a weakness in ECC that the NSA has found and
> that they are worried someone else will find (or possibly has found
> already) as well. That's possible, but I consider it extremely unlikely.
>
> Martijn.
>
>
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