NSA's SIGINT Enabling Project includes sabotaging cryptographic standards
7 hours ago
- #Cryptographic Standards
- #NSA
- #IETF TLS
- NSA's SIGINT Enabling Project involves sabotaging cryptographic standards.
- NSA is openly funding the standardization of 'ietf-tls-mlkem', which weakens the more sensible 'ietf-tls-ecdhe-mlkem'.
- NSA's supporters switched from honest arguments about NSA demands to fake technical arguments after objections arose.
- NSA lost the most recent mlkem vote in the IETF TLS working group but called another vote, trying to pack the room with new votes like from NSA's Mike Jenkins.
- IETF rules allow anyone to participate by signing up to the working group mailing list, and the public can voice opposition by joining the IETF TLS mailing list and sending a message by July 7, 2026, stating they do not support the document's publication.