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Re: NSA rigs Crypto machines according to Balto Sun

To: [email protected] (Peter Wayner), [email protected]
Subject: Re: NSA rigs Crypto machines according to Balto Sun
From: [email protected]
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 95 11:14:53 -0500
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>So, is this what happened at Crypto AG? Is this what happened at
>Netscape? We may never no for certain, but there is a final
>warning for the folks at Netscape that is buried the Sun's
>article about Crypto AG:

No it is nothing like what happened at Netscape which was a common or
garden cock up. It was simply the result of miscommunication between
two groups of people being the original and new security team. Taher
et al thought that the random number seed was OK because they discovered 
a design document describing it. Unfortunately the code had not been 
written to implement that design.

	Phill

References:
- NSA rigs Crypto machines according to Balto Sun
  - From: [email protected] (Peter Wayner)

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