On Dec 11, 2007 11:46 AM, Phillip Susi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Theodore Tso wrote: > > Note that even paranoid applicatons should not be using /dev/random > > for session keys; again, /dev/random isn't magic, and entropy isn't > > unlimited. Instead, such an application should pull 16 bytes or so, > > and then use it to seed a cryptographic random number generator. > > What good does using multiple levels of RNG do? Why seed one RNG from > another? Wouldn't it be better to have just one RNG that everybody > uses?
Not all applications need cryptographically secure random numbers. Sometimes, you just want a random number to seed your game RNG or a monte carlo simulator. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
