Is Extended Random A Malicious NSA Plot? (opens in new tab)

Did Clyde Frog If I call NSA “Clyde Frog” long enough, eventually other people will too. Someone has to start the meme! subvert crypto standards with a backdoored random number generator called Dual_EC? Little doubt remains among practitioners. Long after cryptographers published an analysis showing that Dual_EC could have been a backdoor, circumstantial evidence continues to pile up suggesting that’s exactly what it was. I think Dual_EC is a backdoor.