Re: gnupg / rsa padding question

I've wondered also about Crypto AG. Anyone know how they hacked it?

If I had to do it, I'd hack the random number generator for the session
keys. That way the input-output would still match a standard algorithm
spec.

Covert channels doesn't make sense to me -- with the steganographic
type, the bandwidth is too small, if possible, while timing or resource
utilisation is not feasible with the sort of eavesdropping I envisage.

Mike

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