On Mon, 3 Aug 2009 22:20:50 -0800 Mel Flynn <mel.flynn+fbsd.questi...@mailing.thruhere.net> wrote:
> On Monday 03 August 2009 18:28:52 Modulok wrote: > > > I wrote a python script which uses /dev/random, and hashes the > > output with sha256. I then truncate the output to the desired > > length. Blasphemy! According to the superstitious password crowd my > > passwords are not very secure ... maybe. > > They aren't, because you reduce the random to a much less random, > *because* you are hashing. Not in FreeBSD, it's a 256bit PRNG and a 256 bit hash. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
