On 12/11/2013 6:06 PM, RussellMc wrote:
> A friend just posted this on Facebook:
>
> Journalist Richard Chirgwin of the UK IT website The Register reported on
> Monday this week that the developers of the free, Unix-like OS have
> abandoned faith in two random number generators =97 Intel=92s =93RDRAND=
=94 and
> Taiwanese company Via Technology's =93Padlock=94=97 after leaked NSA docu=
ments
> attributed to Mr. Snowden have suggested that the United States governmen=
t
> and their allies at foreign intelligence agencies have compromised the
> security of major cryptographic tools.
> Someone else commented
>

Breaking cryptography is/was considered entirely off-topic and an=20
actionable offense for this list by moderators that be.

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Martin
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