From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 20 Aug 2001 21:37:07 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 20 Aug 2001 21:36:58 -0400 Received: from vindaloo.ras.ucalgary.ca ([136.159.55.21]:26782 "EHLO vindaloo.ras.ucalgary.ca") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 20 Aug 2001 21:36:44 -0400 Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 19:36:36 -0600 Message-Id: <200108210136.f7L1aa008756@vindaloo.ras.ucalgary.ca> From: Richard Gooch To: Theodore Tso Cc: Martin Dalecki , Alex Bligh - linux-kernel , Johan Adolfsson , Robert Love , Oliver Xymoron , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, riel@conectiva.com.br Subject: Re: [PATCH] let Net Devices feed Entropy, updated (1/2) In-Reply-To: <20010820211107.A20957@thunk.org> In-Reply-To: <3B80EADC.234B39F0@evision-ventures.com> <2248596630.998319423@[10.132.112.53]> <3B811DD6.9648BE0E@evision-ventures.com> <20010820211107.A20957@thunk.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Theodore Tso writes: > On Mon, Aug 20, 2001 at 04:25:26PM +0200, Martin Dalecki wrote: > > > > The primary reson of invention of /dev/random was the need > > for a bit of salt to the initial packet sequence number inside > > the networking code in linux. And for this purspose the > > whole /dev/*random stuff is INDEED a gratitious overdesign. > > For anything else crypto related it just doesn't cut the corner. > > A number of other people helped me with the design and development of > the /dev/random driver, including one of the primary authors of the > random number generation routines in PGP 2.x and 5.0. Most folks feel > that it does a good job. Indeed. If Martin has some deep insight as to why the /dev/random implementation is insufficient for strong crypto, I'd like to hear it. Regards, Richard.... Permanent: rgooch@atnf.csiro.au Current: rgooch@ras.ucalgary.ca