Recommended minor alteration to the L15 algorithm in DragonFly's /dev/[u]random random number generator:
I recommend that you alter your C implementation of my L15 algorithm as per the description: http://www.leopard.uk.com So that the "y" state index is initialised to be (stateSize - 1)/255 instead of 0. "y" as in "x", "z". PS I have another pending bug report RE a possible weakness in IBAA-/dev/random. At the moment I don't have a BSD box to run any tests, but I hope to have one relatively soon, so when I get that I will install the next release of DragonFly due out February/March and run some tests myself. Sincerely, R Carey. __________________________________________________________ Sent from Yahoo! Mail - a smarter inbox http://uk.mail.yahoo.com
