Re: randomdev entropy gathering is really weak

[Kris Kennaway]

On Sat, 22 Jul 2000, Mark Murray wrote:

> Because of Yarrow's cryptographic protection of its internal state, its
> frequent reseeds and its clever geneation mechanism, this paradigm is
> less important - the output is 256-bit safe (Blowfish safe) for any size
> of output[*]. When you read 1000 bits, I am not selling you 1000 bits
> each guaranteed random, I am selling you 1000 bits that are predictable
> within the constraints of needing to crack 256-bit Blowfish.

So what it if I want/need 257 bits? :-)

Kris

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