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From: markus reichelt <ml@mareichelt.de>
To: linux-crypto@nl.linux.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: entropy of /dev/random vs. openssl rand
Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 13:06:52 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070428110652.GI13982@tatooine.rebelbase.local> (raw)

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Hi,

I need to create a moderate amount of v3 keys for loop-aes and wonder
how/if the "openssl rand" implementation differs significantly from
/dev/random concerning entropy.

In case /dev/random and "openssl rand" are somewhat comparable, I
would just use the latter to create the keys.

However, I certainly don't want to use a /dev/urandom look-alike.

Any feedback appreciated.

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             reply	other threads:[~2007-04-28 11:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-04-28 11:06 markus reichelt [this message]
2007-04-28 13:02 ` Gisle Sælensminde
2007-04-28 17:26   ` Jari Ruusu

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