New Vista Random Numbers to Include NSA Backdoor?

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New Vista Random Numbers to Include NSA Backdoor? 269

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday December 17, 2007 @04:33PM from the advice-is-to-never-enable-it.-Ever. dept.

Schneier is reporting that Microsoft has added the new Dual_EC-DRBG random-number generator to Vista SP1. This random-number generator is the same one discussed earlier that may have a secret NSA backdoor built into it.

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Really... (Score:5, Funny)

by 2names ( 531755 ) writes: on Monday December 17, 2007 @05:18PM (#21730986)

I guess it's not so secret then, is it?

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Concerned About Security... (Score:4, Funny)

by Nom du Keyboard ( 633989 ) writes: on Monday December 17, 2007 @05:23PM (#21731074)

You're concerned about security, and you're using WINDOWS VISTA???

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it's true (Score:5, Funny)

by circletimessquare ( 444983 ) writes: <(circletimessquare) (at) (gmail.com)> on Monday December 17, 2007 @05:25PM (#21731122) Homepage Journal

i seeded the dual_EC-DRBG with the following ASCII strings the and got the following output in ASCII:

missionaccomplished -> LOL

waterboard -> buckshottotheface

osamabinladen -> loofahnotfalafel

iraq -> vietnam

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Re:Concerned About Security... (Score:3, Funny)

by rucs_hack ( 784150 ) writes: on Monday December 17, 2007 @05:32PM (#21731240)

You're concerned about security, and you're using WINDOWS VISTA???

Thats because is is an hero..

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Re:Section Tag (Score:3, Funny)

by backbyter ( 896397 ) writes: on Monday December 17, 2007 @05:38PM (#21731326)

What Rights Online?

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Why... (Score:4, Funny)

by Basilius ( 184226 ) writes: on Monday December 17, 2007 @05:38PM (#21731342)

...does every article about Vista make me less likely to ever use it? Aren't things like this supposed to _improve_ with time?

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Trust Us, We're From the Government (Score:3, Funny)

by Doc Ruby ( 173196 ) writes: on Monday December 17, 2007 @05:41PM (#21731398) Homepage Journal

What kind of commie doesn't just trust the NSA? I mean, we've got a FISA to protect us from the government and from corporations cooperating with rogue regimes [slashdot.org], right?

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Secret Back door code is pretty easy!! (Score:5, Funny)

by spineboy ( 22918 ) writes: on Monday December 17, 2007 @05:46PM (#21731448) Journal

Maybe the NSA could have thought a little harder at entering a back door code. Secret sources have revealed the NSA back door code to be.

up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A

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Could be a problem! (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday December 17, 2007 @05:56PM (#21731644)

I hope the NSA thought to put a screen door on their backdoor, what with all the bees in the internet

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Re:Section Tag (Score:5, Funny)

by naapo ( 982524 ) writes: on Monday December 17, 2007 @05:56PM (#21731652)

Don't know about our rights online, but I gladly noticed that this was tagged quite appropriately

ahhjeezenotthisshitagain

It was not exactly a dupe, but clearly an "ahhjeezenotthisshitagain".

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Re:Really... (Score:2, Funny)

by Feyr ( 449684 ) writes: on Monday December 17, 2007 @06:21PM (#21731996) Journal

it's an OS for women, they dont need nor want performances, unless it's a hamlet play

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Re:Article summary follows (Score:5, Funny)

by Fractal Dice ( 696349 ) writes: on Monday December 17, 2007 @07:03PM (#21732466) Journal

"Don't worry, our Chinese contractors assure us there are no NSA backdoors"

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Re:Really... (Score:3, Funny)

by caluml ( 551744 ) writes: <slashdot@spamgoe ... minus herbivore> on Monday December 17, 2007 @09:38PM (#21733670) Homepage

The secure one goes up to 11 (3).

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Re:Secret Back door code is pretty easy!! (Score:3, Funny)

by r_jensen11 ( 598210 ) writes: on Tuesday December 18, 2007 @01:01AM (#21734972)

Soo, the NSA has unlimited lives?

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Re:From the article (Score:3, Funny)

by Stray7Xi ( 698337 ) writes: on Tuesday December 18, 2007 @06:56AM (#21736916)

Windows update doesn't update that now, there will be an update to make windows update update this though.

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it's true (Score:5, Funny)

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Re:Section Tag (Score:3, Funny)

Why... (Score:4, Funny)

Trust Us, We're From the Government (Score:3, Funny)

Secret Back door code is pretty easy!! (Score:5, Funny)

Could be a problem! (Score:1, Funny)

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