> > Linux should have /dev/urandom and Windows should have CryptGenRandom
> Is CryptGenRandom suitable? I haven't heard anyone authoritatively
> say "yes, it's as good as the Linux /dev/urandom" anywhere.
It is supposedly suitable, that is, Microsoft claims it is.
> > You can take
> Linux should have /dev/urandom and Windows should have CryptGenRandom
Is CryptGenRandom suitable? I haven't heard anyone authoritatively
say "yes, it's as good as the Linux /dev/urandom" anywhere.
> You can take anything that is unpredictable and use it. What's the exact
> time, to the
> I posted this message few days ago, haven't got any feedback yet. Since I
> don't know anywhere else I can ask this, I'm posting it again. Please
> help:
>
> I just wrote a program using OpenSSL crypto library (version 0.9.7b).
> Everything works fine. But I have concerns about whether I should
> Unless you're very concerned about entropy, I'd be happy with the
> stuff that OpenSSL finds on it's own.
I haven't looked at the source recently - what sources are
searched on Windows by default? In the environments I'm
used to, the screen is static (the machine is headless anyway)
and the pr
> In my program, I have calls to RSA_generate_key and also RAND_bytes which
> is used to generate a DES key. It's obvious that these functions require
> source of randomness, and in the documentation it also said to seed the
> PRNG before calling them. However, because I couldn't figure out exa
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Thu, 19 Jun 2003 13:40:19 -0700 (PDT), Michelle Li
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
xiaowei> I just wrote a program using OpenSSL crypto library (version
xiaowei> 0.9.7b). Everything works fine. But I have concerns about
xiaowei> whether I should seed the PRNG and exact
Hi all,
I posted this message few days ago, haven't got any feedback yet. Since I
don't know anywhere else I can ask this, I'm posting it again. Please
help:
I just wrote a program using OpenSSL crypto library (version 0.9.7b).
Everything works fine. But I have concerns about whether I should
Hi all,
I just wrote a program using OpenSSL crypto library (version 0.9.7b).
Everything works fine. But I have concerns about whether I should seed the
PRNG and exactly how to do that.
In my program, I have calls to RSA_generate_key and also RAND_bytes which
is used to generate a DES key. It'
