[Cryptography] Dual_EC_DRBG backdoor: a proof of concept

John Kelsey crypto.jmk at gmail.com
Thu Jan 2 20:31:00 EST 2014


If we replaced dual ec drbg's output function by taking the parity of the output point's scalar value, it looks to me like we'd have a secure drbg despite the potentially evil choice of P and Q, with whatever good theoretical properties came from dual ec drbg.

--John


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