Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 23:42:25 +0200 From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: randomdev entropy gathering is really weak Message-ID: <200007192142.XAA01127@grimreaper.grondar.za> In-Reply-To: <1159.964032973@critter.freebsd.dk> ; from Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> "Wed, 19 Jul 2000 20:56:13 %2B0200." References: <1159.964032973@critter.freebsd.dk>
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> >If the attacker is on your computer (he us a user, say), he might know > >a lot about the current frequency of your xtal. He can also get the same > >(remote) time offsets as you. What does that give him? Not much, but it > >could reduce the bits that he needs to guess. By how much? I don't > >know. > > Mark, this is one of the reasons why we need a way to measure the > quality of our entropy, please???? I understand 100%! That's why I'm doing it :-) M -- Mark Murray Join the anti-SPAM movement: http://www.cauce.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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