Cryptographer Matthew Green: if your code looks vulnerable, fix it now
matthew_d_green · x · 2026-10-26
Cryptographer Matthew Green revisits an old lesson amid the "vulnpocalypse": if someone knowledgeable says your code looks potentially vulnerable, fix it immediately instead of waiting for someone smarter to find an exploit. He notes code he once flagged was later exploited by none other than Daniel Bleichenbacher.
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