Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2003 10:57:56 +0100 From: Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.org>, "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@nagual.pp.ru>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: rand() is broken Message-ID: <a05200f08ba63eb8bae4f@[10.0.1.2]> In-Reply-To: <3E3DBAC3.14E4ED81@mindspring.com> References: <200302022302.h12N23aX053186@grimreaper.grondar.org> <3E3DBAC3.14E4ED81@mindspring.com>
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At 4:41 PM -0800 2003/02/02, Terry Lambert wrote:
> Donald Knuth seemed to like them well enough to publish the
> algorithm, as part of his discussion on randomness. He *didn't*
> publish RC4, in that same discussion.
RC stands for Ron's Code. This stuff came after the work that
Diffie Hellman did, for which the patent expired a little while ago.
Did RC4 even exist at the time that Don published that book?
--
Brad Knowles, <brad.knowles@skynet.be>
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
-Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania.
GCS/IT d+(-) s:+(++)>: a C++(+++)$ UMBSHI++++$ P+>++ L+ !E-(---) W+++(--) N+
!w--- O- M++ V PS++(+++) PE- Y+(++) PGP>+++ t+(+++) 5++(+++) X++(+++) R+(+++)
tv+(+++) b+(++++) DI+(++++) D+(++) G+(++++) e++>++++ h--- r---(+++)* z(+++)
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