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Re:TP240PhoneHome Reflection/Amplification DDoS Attack Vector by helloooooooo on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @10:09AM (#30615214)
Or maybe the choice of Dual EC DRBG constants are intended to protect against a new cryptanalysis technique known only to the NSA
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Re:TP240PhoneHome Reflection/Amplification DDoS Attack Vector by ruined on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @10:27AM (#30615476)
internal documents leaked by Snowden and reported by the NYT confirmed the intent of the program

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullrun_(decryption_program)

stop simping for the nsa

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Re:TP240PhoneHome Reflection/Amplification DDoS Attack Vector by vengefulduck on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @12:32PM (#30617452)
I highly doubt it. Dual EC DRBG basically works by encrypting your seed value with a NSA provided public key. It’s kinda amazing how blatant the back door is.
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