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/dev/random
- To: <cygwin at sourceware dot cygnus dot com>
- Subject: /dev/random
- From: "Daniel Probst" <daniel dot probst at vwl dot uni-mannheim dot de>
- Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 08:30:00 +0200
The cygwin implementation seems to be based on the MS Crypto API. Is this
right?
Well this is certainly better than no /dev/random, but I do feel uneasy
about using it for crypto purposes.
Why didn't one choose another entropy generator? Was it purely time/priority
considerations? How about the Bruce Shneier (Counterplane) open-source
YARROW module.
-dan
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