On Sun, Nov 10, 2002 at 01:12:45PM +0400, Yusuf Khan-YUK wrote: > Hi all > > I am using AutoSeededRandomPool to generate eliptic keys, and I > found that the keys only differ in the last 100 byes or so for a key of > 378 bytes generated using secp112r1. Is this a problem?
It's not a problem. The key contains the domain parameter (secp112r1 in this case) and it's the same across keys if you specify the same domain parameter. > Is it > possible to generate the same keys using > AutoSeededRandomPool? No. > Which would be better to use, > AutoSeededRandomPool or RandomPool ? I am using > AutoSeededRandomPool because I don't want to specify a seed. AutoSeededRandomPool is fine for systems that it supports.
