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0 pointsbccdee6mo ago0 comments

NOBUS is only NOBUS until a spy gets their hands on the escrow master key (or until Donald Trump shares it at a dinner party on a lark, for that matter). If RSA's signing keys can be compromised¹, anything can be compromised.

[1]: "The Full Story of the Stunning RSA Hack Can Finally Be Told," https://www.wired.com/story/the-full-story-of-the-stunning-r...

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tptacek6mo ago

I don't understand the latter assertion. What's so special about RSA getting compromised?

bccdeeOP6mo ago

They're a world-class security organization. If a nation-state actor can get access to their most important keys the hard way, then a nation-state actor has a decent shot at compromising any private key on the planet, if they're willing to put enough money into it.

tptacek6mo ago

They were just an enterprise software company. People have weird ideas of what RSA was. They bought the name RSA.

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[1]: "The Full Story of the Stunning RSA Hack Can Finally Be Told," https://www.wired.com/story/the-full-story-of-the-stunning-r...

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tptacek6mo ago

I don't understand the latter assertion. What's so special about RSA getting compromised?

bccdeeOP6mo ago

tptacek6mo ago

They were just an enterprise software company. People have weird ideas of what RSA was. They bought the name RSA.

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