Following NSA leaks from Snowden, engineers lose faith in hardware randomness.: “We cannot trust” Intel and Via’s chip-based crypto, FreeBSD developers say
“We cannot trust” Intel and Via’s chip-based crypto, FreeBSD developers say
Following NSA leaks from Snowden, engineers lose faith in hardware randomness.
James Karaganis says
And they're right. They can't, not without detailed design knowledge of the hardware in question.
Grant McDonald says
I'm scared. Should I be?
James Karaganis says
That depends. Are you doing anything that would interest the NSA?
Paul Spoerry says
At this point we have to assume that the US Intelligence Agencies, and most other government agencies, have strong armed companies to weaken things for them, or they've done an end run around them and put them there themselves.
James Karaganis says
It's already been demonstrated that the NSA (among other government organs) has made efforts to keep public crypto as weak as possible.