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NSA and IETF: Fairness
Secret NSA documents showed that NSA pushed DES in the 1970s to "drive out competitors" while knowing that DES was "weak enough" to break; meanwhile NSA publicly claimed that it would use DES . NSA used export-law exceptions in the 1990s to entrench RC4 and RSA-512, causing security problems for decades . NSA in the…
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Security & PrivacyNetworking & Internet2026
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| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 2026 | NSA and IETF: Fairness by WatchDog | 147 | 193 |
