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		jeffrallen 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: NIST Finalizes 'Lightweight Cryptography' Standard... Yup, NIST has no business putting their names on anything cryptographic anymore.

SV_BubbleTime 4 months ago [–]

Did I miss something recent? Or are we going back to the DES days?

0xfffafaCrash 4 months ago | [–]

While not exactly recent, I think most people have Dual_EC_DRBG in mind these days when it comes to NIST and backdoors

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_EC_DRBG

skeezyboy 4 months ago | | [–]

they really are shits arent they

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