Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 28 Nov 2006 15:32:04 +0200 | From | Eran Tromer <> | Subject | Re: Entropy Pool Contents |
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On 2006-11-27 23:52, Kyle Moffett wrote: > Actually, our current /dev/random implementation is secure even if the > cryptographic algorithms can be broken under traditional circumstances.
This is far from obvious, and in my opinion incorrect. David explained this very well in his follow-up. Other pertinent references are Gutterman Pinkas Reinman '06 [1], Barak and Halevi '05 [2, Section 5.1], and the "/dev/random is probably not" thread [3].
The current algorithm is probably OK for casual users in normal circumstances, but advertising it as absolutely secure is dangerously misleading.
Eran
[1] http://www.gutterman.net/publications/GuttermanPinkasReinman2006.pdf [2] http://eprint.iacr.org/2005/029 [3] http://www.mail-archive.com/cryptography@metzdowd.com/msg04215.html
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