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Re:The Million-Key Question: Investigating the Origins of RS... by lisper on Wednesday August 10, 2016 @02:22PM (#12263793)
Yes, exactly. To generate an RSA key you need a complex mechanism wherein many vulnerabilities can hide. To generate an ECC key all you need is a source of entropy. To be sure vulnerabilities can hide in entropy sources as well, but it's a lot easier to swap out an entropy source than it is to swap out a random prime generator.
Re:The Million-Key Question: Investigating the Origins of RS... by api on Wednesday August 10, 2016 @04:19PM (#12264509)
... and yet again this shows that complexity is inherently BAD in secure systems.