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I suppose that was a bit presumptuous of me. My apologies.

The whole spiel has made several rounds on HN, though [1], and Ars reported again on the matter about a week ago [2]. But I do acknowledge that doesn't necessarily mean much... not everyone has the time (or the inclination!) to follow such matters.

[1] https://www.hnsearch.com/search#request/all&q=dual_ec_drbg&s...

[2] http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/09/the-nsas-work-to-mak...




"The whole spiel has made several rounds on HN, though [1]"

If you look at this discussions, HN commenters were very skeptical this was an NSA backdoor. The speculative possibility isn't news; the fact very much is.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4580434


That's the thing, though: this article doesn't say that the NSA did generate the Dual_EC_DRBG constants with a backdoor in mind. It just says that internal memos suggest and appear to confirm that they did.

That is, the article isn't really anything new.




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