The NSA's Backdoor in Dual EC
Do we have some kind of proof about the backdoor?<p>It has been quite a while since security researchers publish about a potential backdoor in Dual_EC_DRBG, and even without the backdoor, they found it rather weak. It was even before it was a standard.<p>Then, there is mentions of the NSA intent on backdooring encryption standards, and the surprising push for making that dubious algorithm a standard.<p>It makes the scenario of a NSA backdoor very likely, but strong suspicion is not a proof, and yet, all these articles make it into a fact, did I miss something or do they jump to conclusions. Not saying they didn&#x27;t do it, they most likely did, but if I get accused of a crime one day, I hope that the court will be held to higher standards.<p>And there is many things I don&#x27;t get about that story. Dual_EC_DRBG was suspicious from day one, I can&#x27;t imagine an enemy of the US using it except to transmit misinformation, no need for leaks, the very existence of the algorithm is enough. If the story is true (it is a NSA backdoor), then it is really a show of incompetence (like the whole mess with Snowden, really), or maybe part of the plan of a mastermind, I bet on the former.