Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 5 Dec 2007 13:23:29 +0100 | From | Marc Haber <> | Subject | Re: Why does reading from /dev/urandom deplete entropy so much? |
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On Tue, Dec 04, 2007 at 08:54:52AM -0800, Ray Lee wrote: > (Why hasn't anyone been cc:ing Matt on this?)
I didn't because I am not a regularly enough visitor of this mailing list to know who is in charge of what.
> > On Tue, Dec 04, 2007 at 12:41:25PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote: > A PRNG is clearly unacceptable.
Would a PRNG that is frequently re-seeded from true entropy be unacceptable as well?
Greetings Marc
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