RSA Says NSA Linked To Algorithm

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RSA Says NSA Linked To Algorithm

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RSA Tells Its Developer Customers: Stop Using NSA-Linked Algorithm

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/0 ... algorithm/
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Re: RSA Says NSA Linked To Algorithm

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They're also linked to SELinux and AES, but I guess those don't count. I seen some "security experts" on twitter and other places criticizing the RSA thing, what's funny is I'm pretty sure the algorithm has been public for years and they weren't smart enough to look or find the entropy math hole.. This also speaks volume for the talent in RSA..

I also seen a thing about NSA trying to get a backdoor into Linux kernel. This is retarded, why would you put a back door in heavily audited public source code when you can just put it in a binary driver that is so popular like Nvidia or Broadcom? I think a lot of industrial controller firmwares are also binary blobs..

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Re: RSA Says NSA Linked To Algorithm

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tj1010 wrote:Great time to use OpenBSD(a real open source software)
if we get a PB version for OpenBSD, I'll consider it :P
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Re: RSA Says NSA Linked To Algorithm

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citystate wrote:
tj1010 wrote:Great time to use OpenBSD(a real open source software)
if we get a PB version for OpenBSD, I'll consider it :P
the compiled file with PB can't run without GTK installed , even compile w/ console mode :( Though Fasm runs well on OpenBSD.
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