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Re: [Cryptography] [RNG] /dev/random initialisation
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jerry Leichter)
Sat Nov 2 19:52:29 2013
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From: Jerry Leichter <leichter@lrw.com>
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Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2013 15:49:39 -0400
To: jamesd@echeque.com
Cc: cryptography@metzdowd.com
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On Nov 1, 2013, at 10:37 PM, James A. Donald wrote:
> I sent a dummy skype text that referenced a secret url on my own website, created for this test and never used before or since.
>
> Shortly thereafter, got a hit on that url.
That's not the NSA - it's Microsoft. This pattern has been reported befor; it's the result of Microsoft searching for "evil" URL's (those that have drive-by malware, mainly, though I suppose they look for other stuff, too).
See http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Malware-Spam-Skype-Reading-Messages-URLs,news-17036.html for one discussion.
(That's not to say NSA doesn't *also* do this, though with Microsoft already doing it, they would get more bang for the buck by just getting hold of the Microsoft databases.)
-- Jerry
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