From owner-freebsd-audit Tue Nov 30 2:29: 4 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-audit@freebsd.org Received: from dozer.skynet.be (dozer.skynet.be [195.238.2.36]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 65A3715833; Tue, 30 Nov 1999 02:29:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from root@foxbert.skynet.be) Received: from foxbert.skynet.be (foxbert.skynet.be [195.238.1.45]) by dozer.skynet.be (8.9.3/odie-relay-v1.0) with ESMTP id LAA17081; Tue, 30 Nov 1999 11:28:56 +0100 (MET) Received: (from root@localhost) by foxbert.skynet.be (8.9.1/jovi-pop-2.1) id LAA21529; Tue, 30 Nov 1999 11:28:46 +0100 (MET) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: blk@foxbert.skynet.be Message-Id: In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 11:16:29 +0100 To: Kris Kennaway From: Brad Knowles Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/conf files.i386 src/sys/kern kern_fork.c src/sys/libkern arc4random.c src/sys/sys libkern.h Cc: Dan Moschuk , Bruce Evans , Mike Smith , audit@FreeBSD.ORG, Warner Losh Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Sender: owner-freebsd-audit@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 2:30 PM -0800 1999/11/29, Kris Kennaway wrote: > If we were to use Yarrow, we get the review for free by virtue of it being > designed & reviewed by a professional cryptographer. Regardless of who the designer was, I think we need a review by an independent third party. The fact that Yarrow is a respected professional cryptographer would raise the bar and should make it less likely that there are really glaring stupid problems, and might require that we find someone of higher caliber than perhaps we might otherwise have sought out. But I don't think this eliminates the need for a review by an independent third party. -- These are my opinions -- not to be taken as official Skynet policy ____________________________________________________________________ |o| Brad Knowles, Belgacom Skynet NV/SA |o| |o| Systems Architect, News & FTP Admin Rue Col. Bourg, 124 |o| |o| Phone/Fax: +32-2-706.11.11/12.49 B-1140 Brussels |o| |o| http://www.skynet.be Belgium |o| \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ Unix is like a wigwam -- no Gates, no Windows, and an Apache inside. Unix is very user-friendly. It's just picky who its friends are. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-audit" in the body of the message