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[ PRIVACY Forum ] RSA denies secret NSA relationship to weaken crypto
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RSA denies secret NSA relationship to weaken crypto
http://j.mp/1fT6AQ1 (RSA)
"Recent press coverage has asserted that RSA entered into a "secret
contract" with the NSA to incorporate a known flawed random number
generator into its BSAFE encryption libraries. We categorically deny
this allegation. We have worked with the NSA, both as a vendor and an
active member of the security community. We have never kept this
relationship a secret and in fact have openly publicized it. Our
explicit goal has always been to strengthen commercial and government
security. Key points about our use of Dual EC DRBG in BSAFE are as
follows: ..."
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