Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2000 00:41:48 -0700 (PDT) From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> To: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> Cc: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: randomdev entropy gathering is really weak Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007230040520.81127-100000@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <200007230731.JAA90585@grimreaper.grondar.za>
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On Sun, 23 Jul 2000, Mark Murray wrote:
> By your own admission, the old system was bad; yet you still want
> ${it}? You'd like to see a programmer with less experience than
> Schneier come up with a more secure algorithm than him?
The old implementation was bad. The class of algorithm is not, as long as
you are conservative about your entropy estimates.
Kris
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