Re: Random Numbers in Client Hello and Server Hello

2000-06-21 Thread raghuram belur
Thanks for the info. I have a follow-up question based on my specific situation. The cipher suite I am forcing the client and server to negotiate to is EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA(I am also requiring sslv3). That being the case, is not having true randomness on the client a risk? How good is the randomiz

Re: Random Numbers in Client Hello and Server Hello

2000-06-21 Thread Dr Stephen Henson
raghuram belur wrote: > > Unfortunately, requesting input from the user is not > an option for the application that I am working on. > This is one of the reasons why I am trying to see if > there is a way to "dumb down" the randomization on the > client and make it mostly a server side issue. I a

Re: Random Numbers in Client Hello and Server Hello

2000-06-21 Thread Pete Chown
Raghuram Belur wrote: > I am wondering if it is possible to use some simple cross-platform > [PRNG] on the client which is probably not too hard to guess and use > a more robust mechanism such as an entropy gathering daemon on the > server You will have to be very careful. For example, if you u