Re: How to use /dev/srandom

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From: Kevin Chadwick
Date: Monday, October 4, 2010 - 4:28 am

On Thu, 30 Sep 2010 11:37:14 +0200
Daniel Gracia <lists.dani@electronicagracia.com> wrote:


Do you mean the world in general or the OpenBSD world.

I presume you've read the OpenBSD crypto papers that talk about how
impossible it is to create a true random generator.

First I'd ask how well can anyone prove that the NIST statistical test
suite can reliably judge randomness?
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Messages in current thread:
Re: How to use /dev/srandom, Theo de Raadt, (Wed Sep 29, 10:16 am)
Re: How to use /dev/srandom, Daniel Gracia, (Thu Sep 30, 2:37 am)
Re: How to use /dev/srandom, Massimo Lusetti, (Fri Oct 1, 1:45 am)
Re: How to use /dev/srandom, Joachim Schipper, (Fri Oct 1, 3:12 am)
Re: How to use /dev/srandom, Kevin Chadwick, (Mon Oct 4, 4:28 am)
Re: How to use /dev/srandom, Janne Johansson, (Mon Oct 4, 4:33 am)
Re: How to use /dev/srandom, Kevin Chadwick, (Mon Oct 4, 6:43 am)
Re: How to use /dev/srandom, Chris Palmer, (Mon Oct 4, 9:14 am)
Re: How to use /dev/srandom, Kevin Chadwick, (Mon Oct 4, 9:21 am)
Re: How to use /dev/srandom, Janne Johansson, (Mon Oct 4, 11:21 am)
Re: How to use /dev/srandom, Brad Tilley, (Mon Oct 4, 11:26 am)
Re: How to use /dev/srandom, Janne Johansson, (Mon Oct 4, 11:34 am)
Re: How to use /dev/srandom, Brad Tilley, (Mon Oct 4, 11:55 am)