> [A quick contemplation of the wavelength of the sounds in question
> would put an end to that speculation I suspect. --Perry]
I know this has been somewhat done to death, but there's a nice
comparison: GPS positioning using carrier phase tracking is equivalent
(well, it's reversed - clicks com
Hi,
Does anyone know the size of the internal state for the random number
generator in Java's keytool? A pointer to appropriate Java docs would
be sufficient.
(This seems to be pretty critical info for deciding how reliable the
keys are - the default random number generator in Java does not ha
mented in the API docs) it was
not clear that keytool is implemented in Java and, therefore, uses the
standard Java security code.
Cheers,
Andrew
Andrew Cooke wrote:
> Does anyone know the size of the internal state for the random number
> generator in Java's keytool? A pointer to appr
pect I
am labouring under some pretty major misconception about random PRNGs).
Thanks,
Andrew
Gary Ellison wrote:
> >>>>> " " == Andrew Cooke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
[...]
> > Most importantly, as far as I can tell, keytool does not generate "ful
ay ;-).
Cheers,
Andrew
Andrew Cooke wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Can someone please correct the following?
>
> I expect a PRNG with an internal state of n bits to produce output that
> is predictable given n consecutive bits of output. Is that correct? If
> so, then doesn
William Knowles wrote:
> Grouped together in the so-called 'Ultra' project, the code-breakers,
> chief among them British mathematical genius Alan Turing working
> alongside mathematicians, linguists and champion chess players,
> endeavoured to decipher messages sent between Nazi leaders and
> mil
There's a Nutshell book with a green cover and a shark (can't remember
the title and don't have it here) that is a very nice gentle
introduction to security.
Looking at Amazon, it's called "Web Security and Commerce" so I guess
that one reason I have such good memories of it is that it would hav
