-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 20/08/13 07:08, ianG wrote: > On a related point, what name do we give to the design/pattern for > > entropy sources ==> mix/pool ==> deterministic expansion function > > ? I was asked this seconds after tasking my intern to build one > :-/
Seems like HKDF's extract-then-expand terminology might be appropriate here, albeit in a slightly different context. Cheers, Michael -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJSE0tnAAoJEBEET9GfxSfMm+kIAIqGmzYYBigujiLsjJqkhfAF JpdMmUHIlH/SP2U/Vz+qMf3Hp/4dLiw8iIcUherJVylRvBUT/ngA+Roc65pQXlkC PdPKzu1HECIFMyYXx1wQtNFAdNfNHFgKSV/rDyR/F/kf4MRDkALKHyWSImu3xyee FKeZnb6PEGa+KLGwJ9CaQqsCYjy/95jBPAFhMdH0qpwGozQrvtoy9TuubZKARu85 O/QvLI/TrzE1J9orOQNCsDxGDSLa4Dx/ElyqqieIhdwbK4A/fN1EgnyTyJ+e+1Yf HefIN1y7DXTY91d2BZncIygKZgzMdsFNLAMnw1UsiWvwmFTWB8/w6+tHteolj6s= =g2GX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ cryptography mailing list cryptography@randombit.net http://lists.randombit.net/mailman/listinfo/cryptography
