Re:How is NSA breaking so much crypto? (2015)
by Lagged2Death on Saturday December 17, 2016 @08:58AM
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...the conventional encryption techniques are also potentially widely exploitable by state-level actors.
That really depends on how you define "conventional encryption techniques." As is so often the case, this proposed line of attack isn't against the crypto proper, but against habitually poor implementation details. Human laziness, really. They're not picking the locks, they've found a way to steal the keys.
That really depends on how you define "conventional encryption techniques." As is so often the case, this proposed line of attack isn't against the crypto proper, but against habitually poor implementation details. Human laziness, really. They're not picking the locks, they've found a way to steal the keys.