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On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 09:28:58PM +0200, Eli Billauer wrote: > Allow me to supply a couple facts about frandom: > > * It's not a "crappy" RNG. Its RC4 origins and the fact, that it has > passed tests indicate the opposite. A fast RNG doesn't necessarily mean > a bad one. I doubt if any test will tell the difference between frandom > and any other good RNG. You're most welcome to try. > > * Frandom is written completely in C. On an i686, gcc compiles the > critical part to 26 assembly instructions per byte, and I doubt if any > hand assembly would help significantly. The algorithms is clean and > simple, and the compiler performs well with it. The output hash for /dev/random would use RC4 or the like except for historical political reasons. I'm hoping to move it in that direction, but adding yet another cryptographic algorithm outside cryptoapi is a step in the wrong direction right now. -- Matt Mackall : http://www.selenic.com : Linux development and consulting - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ | ||||||||||||
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