[Infowarrior] - NIST “strongly” discourages use of NSA-influenced algorithm

[Richard Forno]

Gov’t standards agency “strongly” discourages use of NSA-influenced algorithm

NIST: "we are not deliberately... working to undermine or weaken encryption."

by Jeff Larson and Justin Elliott, ProPublica.org Sept 13 2013, 3:55pm EDT

Following revelations about the National Security Agency's (NSA) covert influence on computer security standards, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, or NIST, announced earlier this week it is revisiting some of its encryption standards. But in a little-noticed footnote, NIST went a step further, saying it is "strongly" recommending against even using one of the standards.

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http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/09/government-standards-agency-strongly-suggests-dropping-its-own-encryption-standard/


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