2010/12/21 Otto Moerbeek <otto@drijf.net>:
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>> get_random_bytes() calls extract_entropy() which is a a loop around nbytes,
>> thus get_random_bytes() will most certainly deliver enough entropy.
>
> extract_entropy() does not guarantee the collected bytes will have
> enough entropy. Think about situations very early in machine startup,
> where the state of things could be predictable.

O.K. I see... But isn't the value of nanotime() kind of "predictable" as well?

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Kurt Knochner

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