[24614] in Cypherpunks
RE: rfcs 1750 & 1751
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (p.v.mcmahon.rea0803@oasis.icl.co.u)
Thu Dec 29 14:45:10 1994
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 94 19:40:09 GMT
From: p.v.mcmahon.rea0803@oasis.icl.co.uk
Reply-To: p.v.mcmahon.rea0803@oasis.icl.co.uk
To: adam@bwh.harvard.edu
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
> FYI, RFCs 1750 & 1751 have been issued. 1750 discusses generating
> strong random numbers. 1751 standardizes a means of converting a 128
^^^^^^^^^^^^
> bit number to a set of English words.
Both are informational, and don't represent standards of any kind -
although RFC1750 has been subject to extensive review and scrutiny
within the IETF security area.
- pvm
