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Title: New, fatal flaw in Dual EC DRBG (2013-12-19)
Post by: RoxxR on December 20, 2013, 03:36:34 PM
See: http://marc.info/?l=openssl-announce&m=138747119822324&w=2

And no, this is not what bitcoin uses.


Title: Re: New, fatal flaw in Dual EC DRBG (2013-12-19)
Post by: Foxpup on December 21, 2013, 07:15:27 AM
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This bug is fatal in the sense that it prevents all use of the Dual EC DRBG algorithm.
That's not a bug, that's a feature. :D