4 Jul
2017
4 Jul
'17
7:39 p.m.
What they found is that the libgcrypt library used what's called “sliding windows”, a method for carrying out the mathematics of cryptography – but one that's known to leak data. ... What they found was an unpleasant surprise: a complete break of the library's RSA-1024... <https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/07/04/gnupg_crypto_library_cracked_look_for_patches/> Cue the conspiracy theorists lining up to say “Given the controversy surrounding GnuPG and the way they operate, one just has to wonder "bug or backdoor?"”