Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 15:08:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> To: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> Cc: Brian Fundakowski Feldman <green@FreeBSD.org>, current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: randomdev entropy gathering is really weak Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007301505230.6951-100000@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <200007300918.LAA07595@grimreaper.grondar.za>
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On Sun, 30 Jul 2000, Mark Murray wrote:
> This is a reversion to the count-entropy-and-block model which I have
> been fiercely resisting (and which argument I thought I had sucessfully
> defended).
Actually, I was waiting for your reply to Jeroen's question about changing
the semantics of the random devices.
I still maintain that as OS developers we can't predict the uses of this
tool and that some users may require new entropy in every 256-bit output.
I don't think that "near enough is good enough" is a valid excuse :-)
Kris
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