Quoting Viktor Dukhovni (2013-10-22 06:50:38)

I am much more concerned about the proliferation of miniature programmable computers inside our computers (CPUs and programmable firmware in disk controllers, battery controllers, BMC controllers, with opaque binary firmware update blobs, and complex supply chains) that about secp256r1 vs secp521r1.

We thought embedded devices were for physical infrastructure engineers to worry about, but now they are proliferating inside our general purpose computers. The next Stuxnet will run on one of the invisible computers inside your computer.

E.g.: Dragos Ruiu: More on my ongoing chase of #badBIOS malware. https://plus.google.com/103470457057356043365/posts/9fyh5R9v2Ga #badBIOS on G+ https://plus.google.com/u/0/s/%23badBIOS #BADBIOS (AND LOTSA PARANOIA, PLUS FIREWORKS) http://kabelmast.wordpress.com/2013/10/23/badbios-and-lotsa-paranoia-plus-fi... Persistent BIOS malware with hypervisor and SDR found http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=354463 --- end _______________________________________________ The cryptography mailing list cryptography@metzdowd.com http://www.metzdowd.com/mailman/listinfo/cryptography