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Claude Solves 26-Year Mystery of NSA Elliptic Curve Parameters

1 reports archived1 independent sourcesupdated 10/17/2026, 06:53:05
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Anthropic's team used Claude to reverse-engineer the generation process of NSA-provided ECDSA elliptic curve seeds in under 30 minutes. The analysis confirmed that parameters originated from the lrand48 PRNG initialized with Unix timestamps between 1997 and 1998, alleviating long-standing concerns about backdoors without revealing new attack vectors.

LATEST/Anthropic's team used Claude to reverse-engineer the generation process of NSA-provided ECDSA elliptic curve seeds in under 30 minutes. The analysis confirmed that parameters originated from the lrand48 PRNG initialized with Unix timestamps between 1997 and 1998, alleviating long-standing concerns about backdoors without revealing new attack vectors.

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  1. IT之家 · 智能时代T2·78 pts
    • Claude successfully traced seed origins for standard curves (P-192 to P-521) by identifying bit patterns and restoring generator states.
    • The study confirmed seeds were generated by the lrand48 library initialized with Unix timestamps from 1997-1998, ruling out common backdoor suspicions.
    • The findings did not break ECDSA or reveal new vulnerabilities but significantly increased public trust in existing encryption standards.
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