Comment by valleyer
1 day ago
One of the top comments in this very thread suggests the seed timestamps were maybe selected specifically for purpose.
1 day ago
One of the top comments in this very thread suggests the seed timestamps were maybe selected specifically for purpose.
It's not a crazy question to ask / theory to posit. The next message down explains why it's unlikely and the whole conversation sounds reasonable to me.
The cryptgraphy community is pretty reasonable folks, on the whole.
After Dual_EC_DRBG, there is no longer justification for any attitude towards the NSA other than suspicion and skepticism. Everything should be assumed a potential attack vector and thoroughly explored. I thank the community for carrying this torch for so many years.
NSA != NIST
Yes, and the NSA generated the seeds for NIST. This is public knowledge and is acknowledged in the article.
It has been the entire focus of the backdoor concerns since the curves were adopted over 20 years ago and is the motivation for the work behind this article.