Terence Joseph wrote: > Hi, > > The Pseudorandom Number Generator specified in Ansi X9.17 used to be one > of the best PRNGs available if I am correct.
It was? When? I had to replace the OpenSSL PRNG with X9.31 (as has been discussed elsewhere, this is the same PRNG) for the FIPS-140 certification, and in my opinion it was a large step backwards. -- http://www.apache-ssl.org/ben.html http://www.thebunker.net/ "There is no limit to what a man can do or how far he can go if he doesn't mind who gets the credit." - Robert Woodruff --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
