My question relates to the entropy parameter in RAND_add() function and the use of it along the command line applications.
I've observed that nearly all calls to RAND_add() have their entropy set to 0. I'm writing some examples about crypto functions and most of them need the PRNG being seeded before use and i'm very interested in doing this well. By now i've been calculating the entropy parameter with Shannon's expression (256 possible states) divide by 8. But the way it's handled in command line applications confuses me. So... what's the meaning of entropy? Or... how can i estimate it? Thanks in advance... :-) ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org Development Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
