Re: /dev/random: really secure?

[Bernd Eckenfels]

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote:
> A potential weakness.  The entropy estimator can be manipulated by
> feeding data which looks random to the estimator, but which is in fact
> not random at all.

That's why feeding randomness is a priveledgedoperation.

Greetings
Bernd
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