[Cryptography] Ars Technica on the Taiwanese National ID smart card break

[Perry E. Metzger]

Weeks after the informal announcement, the Taiwanese National ID
smartcard break is finally getting press. It is a great example of
a piece of "certified" crypto hardware that works poorly because
of bad random number generation.

Good explanation for your technical but not security oriented friends
in Ars Technica:

http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/09/fatal-crypto-flaw-in-some-government-certified-smartcards-makes-forgery-a-snap/

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Perry E. Metzger		perry at piermont.com