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Ge' Weijers (ge@Progressive-Systems.Com)
Mon, 12 Apr 1999 10:37:03 -0400
On Fri, Apr 09, 1999 at 09:09:28AM -0500, William H. Geiger III wrote:
> This is not to attack the authors of this program. I am sure that they
> have put quite a bit of time and effort into this program. It just seems
> odd that it has been accepted without question, after all we would not all
> switch to a new crypto algorithm without extensive peer review, why is it
> that the source of random numbers has recevied so little attention?
The (less-than-satisfying) answer to this question is that there are
no real alternatives. It's probably a good idea to post-process
anything coming from /dev/u?random by combining it with other
potential sources of randomness or secret key material before using
it.
Ge'
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