Are there safeguards on NSA's "cryptographic modifications" that prevent others from discovering & exploiting them?pic.twitter.com/Xqw8u2nSIM
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Are there safeguards on NSA's "cryptographic modifications" that prevent others from discovering & exploiting them?pic.twitter.com/Xqw8u2nSIM
It's hard to prevent reverse engineering the secret by others, unless their mods involve public key crypto, which may always be practical.
It's also unclear from the classification guide whether these modifications are done with the knowledge/cooperation of the vendor.
@mattblaze You don't think it depends on the vendor?
@emptywheel I'm sure it does - interesting that that's not addressed in the classification guide.
@mattblaze Right, but they're designed to be unclass. Also, have reason to believe they're VERY opportunistic.
@emptywheel Actually, the classification guides have contained some of the most sensitive stuff, especially the "fact of" stuff.
@mattblaze I maintain they are 1) not written for tech experts 2) partly tools of deception/obscurantism.
@emptywheel I think the class guides are written for anyone who produces documents in a given program, so they know how to annotate.
@mattblaze I disagree. But I have yet to lay out why I'm confident that's not exactly right.
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