This message generated a parse failure. Raw output follows here. Please use 'back' to navigate. From devnull@lkml.org Sun May 19 06:35:50 2024 Received: from entropy.muc.muohio.edu (IDENT:root@entropy.muc.muohio.edu [134.53.213.10]) by herbie.ucs.indiana.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id QAA26233 for ; Tue, 1 Jun 1999 16:39:38 -0500 (EST) Received: from vger.rutgers.edu (vger.rutgers.edu [128.6.190.2]) by entropy.muc.muohio.edu (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id RAA01876; Tue, 1 Jun 1999 17:39:31 -0400 Received: by vger.rutgers.edu via listexpand id ; Tue, 1 Jun 1999 16:22:52 -0400 Received: by vger.rutgers.edu id ; Tue, 1 Jun 1999 16:16:44 -0400 Received: from lesser-magoo.lcs.mit.edu ([18.111.0.112]:12918 "EHLO lesser-magoo.lcs.mit.edu") by vger.rutgers.edu with ESMTP id ; Tue, 1 Jun 1999 16:11:32 -0400 Received: from miris.lcs.mit.edu (cananian@miris.lcs.mit.edu [18.111.0.89]) by lesser-magoo.lcs.mit.edu (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id RAA09668; Tue, 1 Jun 1999 17:18:38 -0400 Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 17:18:37 -0400 (EDT) From: "C. Scott Ananian" X-Sender: cananian@miris.lcs.mit.edu To: David Whysong Cc: Florian Weimer , linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu Subject: Re: /dev/random and /dev/psaux: too much entropy assumed? In-Reply-To: Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu Precedence: bulk X-Loop: majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-kernel-outgoing-dig and, btw, I stand by my assertion that statistical uniformity doesn't matter for /dev/random. The uses the kernel has for random numbers require unguessability, and /dev/random supplies this. If you need some other property in user-space, it is *your* responsibility to verify that /dev/random supplies this, not the kernel's. Repeatability, for example, is often considered a virtue for simulation uses. The kernel doesn't supply a *repeatable* random number stream, nor should it ever be required to. --s @ @ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-oOO-(_)-OOo-=-=-=-=-= C. Scott Ananian: cananian@lcs.mit.edu / Declare the Truth boldly and Laboratory for Computer Science/Crypto / without hindrance. Massachusetts Institute of Technology /META-PARRESIAS AKOLUTOS:Acts 28:31 -.-. .-.. .. ..-. ..-. --- .-. -.. ... -.-. --- - - .- -. .- -. .. .- -. PGP key available via finger and from http://www.pdos.lcs.mit.edu/~cananian UKUSA NSA Kojarena quiche security Ft. Bragg Indonesia KGB bomb munitions CIA FSF AES North Korea jihad Honduras Sabana Seca Semtex Ortega $400 million in gold bullion - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/