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valleyer • last Friday at 8:59 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

One of the top comments in this very thread suggests the seed timestamps were maybe selected specifically for purpose.


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kadoban • yesterday at 3:33 AM

It's not a crazy question to ask / theory to posit. The next message down explains why it's unlikely and the whole conversation sounds reasonable to me.

The cryptgraphy community is pretty reasonable folks, on the whole.

soulofmischief • yesterday at 12:07 AM

After Dual_EC_DRBG, there is no longer justification for any attitude towards the NSA other than suspicion and skepticism. Everything should be assumed a potential attack vector and thoroughly explored. I thank the community for carrying this torch for so many years.