handling weak keys using random selection and CSPRNGs

Steven M. Bellovin smb at cs.columbia.edu
Tue Oct 10 11:38:56 EDT 2006


Given how rare weak keys are in modern ciphers, I assert that code to cope
with them occurring by chance will never be adequately tested, and will be
more likely to have security bugs.  In short, why bother?

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