Dan Boneh: The elliptic curve running the modern internet might have a backdoor [video]youtube.com 4 pointsphilipfweiss1 month ago2 commentsSaveHideCopy link On HNComments−philipfweissOP1moExplanation ~15 min inGist: the seed for the curve has unknown origin. Possible attack: let's say there is an attack possible on 1/10^6 curves. Just loop through a million curves until you find one vulnerable, and publish it into the standard.−rolph1mohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliptic-curve_cryptography#Se...
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Explanation ~15 min in
Gist: the seed for the curve has unknown origin. Possible attack: let's say there is an attack possible on 1/10^6 curves. Just loop through a million curves until you find one vulnerable, and publish it into the standard.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliptic-curve_cryptography#Se...