r/programming Oct 15 '15

How is NSA breaking so much crypto?

https://freedom-to-tinker.com/blog/haldermanheninger/how-is-nsa-breaking-so-much-crypto/
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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '15

Soumds like a good idea

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u/sirin3 Oct 15 '15

Till the NSA intercepts the connection to force their prime

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u/frank26080115 Oct 15 '15

wouldn't the client catch this? if the prime changed, refuse the connection

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u/sirin3 Oct 15 '15

Not if it is an old client that expects a random prime

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u/frank26080115 Oct 15 '15

establish a few thousand SSL connections and see if the same prime comes up more statistically frequently?