alt Hacker NewsThe two people were Bob Reiter and Jerry Solinas. Jerry wrote in a 2015 email to Daniel Bernstein that he thought it was a hash of the passphrase. I corroborated that story with 4 people, including two ex-NSA folks off the record.
Everyone was wrong!
I wasn't able to reach Bob. He was working in private industry as of 2018, but never responded.
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aizk • yesterday at 4:12 AM
Exactly what the NSA would say.
perching_aix • last Friday at 10:44 PM
Maybe that explanation covers the rest that wasn’t identified?
Pannoniae • last Friday at 9:04 PM
or they were lying...
Kind of sus that they would spread a rumor that its a phrase. This isnt something I would forget, or confuse with a timestamp..