Date: 02 Nov 2001 23:45:05 +0100 From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> To: swear@blarg.net (Gary W. Swearingen) Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Unix Philosophers Please! Message-ID: <xzp1yjgdc7i.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> In-Reply-To: <mlofmlca51.fml@localhost.localdomain> References: <3BE08283.EC81A8ED@math.missouri.edu> <20011031170629.C865-100000@coredump.scriptkiddie.org> <20011101214720.G4360@blossom.cjclark.org> <mlofmlca51.fml@localhost.localdomain>
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swear@blarg.net (Gary W. Swearingen) writes: > So it will often be better to use numbers from random(3) (maybe seeded > by numbers from /dev/random) than those from /dev/random. (Unless those > devices' output has been designed to also pass statistical tests in > all cases, rather than seeming to be truly random (which won't pass > statistical tests in all cases). Anyone know?) FreeBSD's /dev/random is an implementation of Counterpane Security's Yarrow algorithm, which is designed for robustness in the face of serious cryptoanalysis. The original paper describing Yarrow is available at <URL:http://www.counterpane.com/yarrow-notes.html>. DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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