Re: depleting the random number generator -- repeated state

[bram]

On Tue, 27 Jul 1999, Eugene Leitl wrote:

> So what's the magic with the entropy pool? Because current algorithms
> don't have enough state, and because the hidden structure of their
> pseudorandomness starts shining through after a while?

The idea is to make it so that if there is a failure, and an attacker does
find out what the internal state of the pool is, it won't be useful for
long.

-Bram