> >excellent source of random data available to you
>
> I thought consensus was that since it was a closed system,
> whiten it or use it as input to entropy.
This is what OpenSSL does when you use RAND_screen(). It munges it up
numerous items, including the PRNG, through a cryptographic hash (MD5
if I recall correctly).
- Dale.
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