Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2004 18:02:11 +0400 From: Roman Kurakin <rik@cronyx.ru> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> Cc: Nate Lawson <nate@root.org> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/modules/random Makefile src/sys/dev/random randomdev.h randomdev_soft.c randomdev_soft.h yar Message-ID: <4077FE63.4010602@cronyx.ru> References: <8536.1081595494@critter.freebsd.dk>
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Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: >In message <200404100854.i3A8sa0w066414@grimreaper.grondar.org>, Mark Murray wr >ites: > > > >>If it is felt that further whitening of the VIA C3 RNG is needed, >>then I believe that Yarrow would be overkill, and that a much smaller >>hash function will be sufficient. >> >> > >How about we recognize that different users needs different levels of >randomness ? > >Couldn't we provide at three levels of random bits: > > 1. "Random enough for games" > > 2. "Random enough for money" > > 3. "Random enough for lives" > How about computations? > >Would that be feasible ? > > > >
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