Re: What if you had a very good entropy source, but only practical at crypto engine installation time?

2010-10-07 Thread Peter Gutmann
Thierry Moreau thierry.mor...@connotech.com writes: The PUDEC (Practical Use of Dice for Entropy Collection) scheme has been advanced. The new web page is at http://pudec.connotech.com Plus the PUDEC dice sets are now offered for sale. Hmm, they're somewhat expensive... a cheaper alternative,

Re: What if you had a very good entropy source, but only practical at crypto engine installation time?

2010-10-06 Thread Thierry Moreau
Dear all: The PUDEC (Practical Use of Dice for Entropy Collection) scheme has been advanced. The new web page is at http://pudec.connotech.com The main technical advance in this release is the documentation of (deterministic) algorithmic support ( http://pudec.connotech.com/pudec_algo.html

What if you had a very good entropy source, but only practical at crypto engine installation time?

2010-07-22 Thread Thierry Moreau
See http://www.connotech.com/doc_pudec_descr.html . (OK, it's also practical whenever the server needs servicing by trusted personnel.) Then, you care about the deterministic PRNG properties, the secrecy of its current state, and the prevention of PRNG output replays from an out-of-date