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jlgaddis on Sept 13, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: NIST "strongly" suggests dropping its own encrypti...

"The default Pseudo Random Number Generator (PRNG) is the Dual EC-DRBG using a P256 curve with prediction resistance off."

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"Using a weak PRNG is inadvisable as it may allow attackers to predict the values of secret information such as session keys."

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