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Re:The strange story of “Extended Random” by tptacek on Saturday December 23, 2017 @09:07PM (#15997491)
This is a really good question. Is it published anywhere that this version of BSAFE enabled Dual_EC?
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Re:The strange story of “Extended Random” by adzm on Saturday December 23, 2017 @10:30PM (#15997743)
> From 2004 to 2013, the default CSPRNG in BSAFE was Dual_EC_DRBG
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Re:The strange story of “Extended Random” by tptacek on Saturday December 23, 2017 @10:43PM (#15997804)
I believe you, and think I remember reading this before. BSAFE is batshit.
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