On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 12:55 AM, Marsh Ray wrote:
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> You do not need to decrement the entropy estimate of the pool
> as you generate random numbers from it...IIRC, Peter Gutmann
> was using the term "computational entropy" to refer to the
> entropy seemingly generated within the hash function. B
On 04/18/2011 09:26 PM, Sandy Harris wrote:
In many situations, you have some sort of randomness pool
and some cryptographic operations that require random
numbers. One concern is whether there is enough entropy
to support the usage.
Is it useful to make the crypto throw something back
into the
In many situations, you have some sort of randomness pool
and some cryptographic operations that require random
numbers. One concern is whether there is enough entropy
to support the usage.
Is it useful to make the crypto throw something back
into the pool? Of course this cannot replace real new
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