Waitman Gobble

Mon, 24 Nov 2025 03:24:04 -0400 last edited: Mon, 24 Nov 2025 03:25:34 -0400 from Get Ready To Rumbly

Apparently someone important is trying to point out that cryptography protocols are being intentionally weakened. Cog in the wheel.

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Waitman Gobble

Mon, 24 Nov 2025 03:30:06 -0400 from Get Ready To Rumbly

cr.yp.to: 2025.10.04: NSA and IETF

It's normal for post-quantum cryptography to be rolled out as an extra layer of security on top of traditional pre-quantum cryptography, rather than as a replacement. For example, Google's CECPQ1 experiment was double encryption with traditional pre-quantum ECC (specifically X25519) and post-quantum NewHope1024. CECPQ2, a joint experiment between G...

Waitman Gobble

Mon, 24 Nov 2025 03:40:14 -0400 from Get Ready To Rumbly

Here's an example from the 1980s. Agents of a company that was leading its market, McDonnell and Miller, took control of a subcommittee of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, a standards-development organization. They generated a letter, under ASME's apparent authority, declaring that a new competitor's product wasn't compliant. They distributed that letter to buyers, of course damaging the new competitor's business.

The competitor, HydroLevel, sued the conspirators—including ASME, which didn't even know the abuse was happening. HydroLevel won. ASME was ultimately forced to pay millions of dollars.

Bill Statler

Wed, 26 Nov 2025 00:10:14 -0400 from Bunny of Doom

Interesting (and worrying). How much is big egos and incompetence, and how much is enemy action?