[Cryptography] Linux /dev/random and /dev/urandom

2013-10-01 Thread Isaac Bickerstaff
On 09/30/2013 09:28 AM, d...@geer.org wrote: If there is anything I've learned about the Internet it is that if you ask a difficult question you will get very little in the way of answers you can trust a priori. However, if you make a false claim, then people will come out of the woodwork to

Re: [Cryptography] Linux /dev/random and /dev/urandom

2013-10-01 Thread Tony Arcieri
On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 11:10 AM, Isaac Bickerstaff j...@av8n.com wrote: I'm sure the driver was written by highly proficient cryptographers, and subjected to a meticulous code review. I'll just leave this here: http://eprint.iacr.org/2013/338.pdf -- Tony Arcieri

Re: [Cryptography] Linux /dev/random and /dev/urandom

2013-10-01 Thread Gary Mulder
On 1 October 2013 19:57, Tony Arcieri basc...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 11:10 AM, Isaac Bickerstaff j...@av8n.com wrote: I'm sure the driver was written by highly proficient cryptographers, and subjected to a meticulous code review. I'll just leave this here: