#NSA paid #RSA to use flawed random number generator, make their encryption easier to crack

[maxomai]

Thanks to Edward Snowden, we now know this:

Documents leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden show that the NSA created and promulgated a flawed formula for generating random numbers to create a "back door" in encryption products, the New York Times reported in September.

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Undisclosed until now was that RSA received $10 million in a deal that set the NSA formula as the preferred, or default, method for number generation in the BSafe software, according to two sources familiar with the contract.

In other words, if you used RSA products and the default random number generator, you basically gave the NSA the keys to your kingdom....not to mention anyone to whom the NSA disclosed this information, willingly or otherwise.

You would do well to dump RSA products and find an open source substitute immediately.

Comments

[arkham4269.livejournal.com]

So when is Snowden going to be made a saint again?