Now for a little more background..you may not like to hear this...
The reason for all this is the NSA and CIA and DCI, etc can only brute force break 5% of the Elliptical keys used to encrypt messages.
No I will not explain the math behind this as it is very long and long-winded, suffice it to say that instead of the RSA style prime key being the one-way function some characteristics of the curve also become the the one-way function which is why its harder to brute force Elliptical keys than RSA keys..
That being said when dealing with real hard bad guys and gals its often the ugly parts of military that are used to meet the treat.
This 'torture' processes were approved under Reagan, including using black sites some what 40 years ago just after a brief rise in terrorism in the 1970s.
The reason for all this is the NSA and CIA and DCI, etc can only brute force break 5% of the Elliptical keys used to encrypt messages.
No I will not explain the math behind this as it is very long and long-winded, suffice it to say that instead of the RSA style prime key being the one-way function some characteristics of the curve also become the the one-way function which is why its harder to brute force Elliptical keys than RSA keys..
That being said when dealing with real hard bad guys and gals its often the ugly parts of military that are used to meet the treat.
This 'torture' processes were approved under Reagan, including using black sites some what 40 years ago just after a brief rise in terrorism in the 1970s.