Arthur Mesh <[email protected]> writes:
> "Dag-Erling Smørgrav" <[email protected]> writes:
> > Is there a reason to choose sha256 over a weaker, faster hash?
> Given the fact that yarrow uses sha256 internally, I don't think it's a
> sound idea to add weaker links to the chain.

What can possibly be weaker than discarding most of the entropy provided
by the administrator?  David had a genuine concern about performance
when stuffing large amounts of data into /dev/random.

DES
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Dag-Erling Smørgrav - [email protected]
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