Skip to comments.
Did NSA Put a Secret Backdoor in New Encryption Standard?
Bruce Schneier ^
| November 15, 2007
| Bruce Schneier
Posted on 12/17/2007 2:02:05 PM PST by antiRepublicrat
click here to read article
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-40, 41-60, 61-80 ... 101-111 next last
Don't panic, he's not going tin foil hat. Read the whole thing and see the reasoned discussion.
But what makes this interesting is that Microsoft is including this random number generator in Vista SP1.
To: antiRepublicrat
2
posted on
12/17/2007 2:05:31 PM PST
by
NonValueAdded
(Fred Dalton Thompson for President)
To: antiRepublicrat
3
posted on
12/17/2007 2:09:43 PM PST
by
Elpasser
To: antiRepublicrat
81372659
My random number for the day. See, it's real easy.
4
posted on
12/17/2007 2:10:31 PM PST
by
Rudder
To: rdb3; Calvinist_Dark_Lord; GodGunsandGuts; CyberCowboy777; Salo; Bobsat; JosephW; ...
5
posted on
12/17/2007 2:10:43 PM PST
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: Rudder
81372659
My random number for the day. See, it's real easy.
The bad news is I just found the backdoor of your random number and I'm currently in ur kitchen eatin ur oatmeals.
6
posted on
12/17/2007 2:12:42 PM PST
by
mysterio
To: Rudder
probably NOT random, as it has no repeated numbers.
7
posted on
12/17/2007 2:16:03 PM PST
by
SpinnerWebb
(Islam ... If you can't join them, beat them.)
To: antiRepublicrat
To: antiRepublicrat
Bruce Schneier rules at sniffing out snake oil.
9
posted on
12/17/2007 2:19:10 PM PST
by
Bobalu
(I guess I done see'd that varmint for the last time....)
To: antiRepublicrat
Anyone ever use this encryption? I’ve thought about using it and I wonder if it’s any good.
http://www.meganet.com
10
posted on
12/17/2007 2:22:16 PM PST
by
Free Vulcan
(Friends don't let friends vote Huckabee)
To: SeafoodGumbo
Child abuse!
Wait, there is a second edition. Arrrg, Sandy Clause ate all my money! Always next month.
11
posted on
12/17/2007 2:24:10 PM PST
by
fireforeffect
(A kind word and a 2x4, gets you more than just a kind word.)
To: antiRepublicrat
Hasn’t cryptography long been considered regulated “weaponry”?
12
posted on
12/17/2007 2:28:43 PM PST
by
weegee
(If Bill Clinton can sit in on Hillary's Cabinet Meetings then GWBush should ask to get to sit in too)
To: Free Vulcan
“Anyone ever use this encryption?”
I use GnuPG.
To: antiRepublicrat
14
posted on
12/17/2007 2:30:52 PM PST
by
pray4liberty
(The Truth sinks people whose only recourse is lies.)
To: Rudder
15
posted on
12/17/2007 2:32:33 PM PST
by
mwyounce
To: antiRepublicrat
But what makes this interesting is that Microsoft is including this random number generator in Vista SP1. Is anyone surprised by that? Apparently, Microsoft has never been able to hire a decent cryptographer.
16
posted on
12/17/2007 2:40:07 PM PST
by
zeugma
(Hillary! - America's Ex-Wife!)
To: mwyounce
To: SpinnerWebb
Right. I threw out two zeros because I don’t like that number.
18
posted on
12/17/2007 2:44:20 PM PST
by
Rudder
To: antiRepublicrat
From the introduction to Schnier's book...
"There are two kinds of cryptography in the world. There is the kind that will keep your kid sister from reading your mail, and there is the kind that will keep major governments from reading your mail. This book is about the latter."
Probably the best technical book introduction ever written.
19
posted on
12/17/2007 2:44:51 PM PST
by
antinomian
(Show me a robber baron and I'll show you a pocket full of senators.)
To: SpinnerWebb
What are the chances of that?
20
posted on
12/17/2007 2:45:46 PM PST
by
kinsman redeemer
(The real enemy seeks to devour what is good.)
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-40, 41-60, 61-80 ... 101-111 next last
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson
