>> Another one problem exists: the very first run of PRNG use only half
>> of that hash that cuts the search space half. That is, even properly
>> seed PRNG(several hundreds of bytes) will output first
>> MD_DIGEST_LENGTH/2 bytes subject to search-it-all attack with search
>> space MD_DIGEST_LENGT
Hi!
first let me state, that I had some private conversation about this
issue with Vadim, before and after he posted this message.
Unfortunately nobody else jumped onto the train, so I will add my $0.02
at this point to stimulate discussion :-)
On Fri, Aug 04, 2000 at 02:28:42PM +0300, Vadim Fed