Comment Comment by chasil As far as I know, NIST endorsed a weak random number generator, and they withdrew it after the flaws were found.https://threatpost.com/nist-drops-weak-dual_ec-rng-from-offi...It appears that BULLRUN was the name of the effort/program, not the faulty algorithm itself.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_EC_DRBGhttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullrun_(decryption_program) parent chasil 4 years ago
https://threatpost.com/nist-drops-weak-dual_ec-rng-from-offi...
It appears that BULLRUN was the name of the effort/program, not the faulty algorithm itself.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_EC_DRBG
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullrun_(decryption_program)