The complaint seems well referenced with evidence of poor engineering decisions to me.
> Dual EC DRBG ... had an obvious technical weakness that provided a clear mechanism for a back door
Removing an entire layer of well tested encryption qualifies as an obvious technical weakness to me. And as I've mentioned elsewhere in these comments, opens users up to a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downgrade_attack should flaws in the new cipher be found. There is a long history of such flaws being discovered, even after deployment. Several examples of which DJB references.
I see no cogent reason for such recklessness, and many reasons to avoid it.
Continued pointing toward "procedure" seems to cede the case.
The complaint seems well referenced with evidence of poor engineering decisions to me.
> Dual EC DRBG ... had an obvious technical weakness that provided a clear mechanism for a back door
Removing an entire layer of well tested encryption qualifies as an obvious technical weakness to me. And as I've mentioned elsewhere in these comments, opens users up to a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downgrade_attack should flaws in the new cipher be found. There is a long history of such flaws being discovered, even after deployment. Several examples of which DJB references.
I see no cogent reason for such recklessness, and many reasons to avoid it.
Continued pointing toward "procedure" seems to cede the case.