Cloud of suspicion lifted from NIST elliptic curves
ibobev · hn · 2026-10-20
A John D. Cook blog post argues the long-standing suspicion that NIST's standard elliptic curves (P-256 et al.) contain NSA backdoors has been effectively dispelled. It walks through how the DualECDRBG scandal tainted the curves by association, and why there is no actual evidence against the curves themselves — closing a chapter of crypto community distrust.
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