Re: [Cryptography] /dev/random is not robust

2013-10-14 Thread Dan McDonald
On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 12:35:13AM -, d...@deadhat.com wrote: http://eprint.iacr.org/2013/338.pdf *LINUX* /dev/random is not robust, so claims the paper. I wonder how various *BSDs or the Solarish family (Illumos, Oracle Solaris) hold up under similar scrutiny? Linux is big, but it is not

Re: [Cryptography] /dev/random is not robust

2013-10-14 Thread John Gilmore
http://eprint.iacr.org/2013/338.pdf I'll be the first to admit that I don't understand this paper. I'm just an engineer, not a mathematician. But it looks to me like the authors are academics, who create an imaginary construction method for a random number generator, then prove that

Re: [Cryptography] /dev/random is not robust

2013-10-14 Thread James A. Donald
On 2013-10-15 10:35, d...@deadhat.com wrote: http://eprint.iacr.org/2013/338.pdf No kidding. ___ The cryptography mailing list cryptography@metzdowd.com http://www.metzdowd.com/mailman/listinfo/cryptography