NIST Releases First Post-Quantum Encryption Algorithms (www.schneier.com)

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[-] Syntha@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago

Again with the fearmongering, do you not read your own source? Dual_EC_DRBG hasn't been used for over a decade now

On April 21, 2014, NIST withdrew Dual_EC_DRBG from its draft guidance on random number generators recommending "current users of Dual_EC_DRBG transition to one of the three remaining approved algorithms as quickly as possible.

[-] toothbrush@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 months ago

...yeah, nobody used it after it became obvious that they put a backdoor in it...

[-] Syntha@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

So why are you claiming that when people use elliptic curve cryptography, it has a backdoor? This is not true.

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