Re:Meltdown Proof-of-Concept
by rdtsc on Tuesday January 09, 2018 @11:36PM
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That is an odd one. Why say that instead of of the usual, "we can't comment on that".
> U.S. government would never put a major company like Intel in a position of risk like this to try to hold open a vulnerability." [1]
They subverted the Dual_EC_DRBG standardization process. Had they not been caught and the algorithm ended up on more devices they would be hurting not just major companies but whole industries.
> U.S. government would never put a major company like Intel in a position of risk like this to try to hold open a vulnerability." [1]
They subverted the Dual_EC_DRBG standardization process. Had they not been caught and the algorithm ended up on more devices they would be hurting not just major companies but whole industries.
Also for reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullrun_(decryption_program)