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Topic: What about this Crypto exploit? (Read 759 times)

sr. member
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September 21, 2013, 12:46:01 PM
#5
Any intel ivy bridge users care to comment on this 0_0

I've been happily using one for months in my miner...

Don't know what to think of this haha.
legendary
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September 21, 2013, 12:31:25 PM
#4

Some? Maybe. But common sense says that a RNG with low entropy, that can't be detected, does not exist.
legendary
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Reverse engineer from time to time
legendary
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legendary
Activity: 1862
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Reverse engineer from time to time
September 21, 2013, 12:18:09 PM
#1
Link is here http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/09/researchers-can-slip-an-undetectable-trojan-into-intels-ivy-bridge-cpus/

Sounds like if anyone wants to sabotage cryptography, this is the way to go. Choose your next CPU carefully!
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