The "Extended Random" Feature in the BSAFE Crypto Library
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Matthew Green wrote a fascinating blog post about the NSA’s efforts to increase the amount of random data exposed in the TLS protocol, and how it interacts with the NSA’s backdoor into the DUAL_EC_PRNG random number generator to weaken TLS.
Tags: backdoors, cryptanalysis, cryptography, NSA, random numbers, TLS
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