[39869] in Cypherpunks
RNG Resource FAQ (was Re: "random" number seeds vs. Netscape)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Futplex)
Fri Sep 22 06:44:58 1995
To: cypherpunks@toad.com (Cypherpunks Mailing List)
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 1995 06:43:48 -0400 (EDT)
Reply-To: cypherpunks@toad.com (Cypherpunks Mailing List)
In-Reply-To: <30609562.15FB@netscape.com> from "Phil Karlton" at Sep 20, 95 03:27:46 pm
From: futplex@pseudonym.com (Futplex)
Perry Metzger writes:
# You might want to read RFC 1750,
Phil Karlton writes:
> Did that. It talks about a lot of the pitfalls. Unfortunately it does not
> address (nor can it realistically be expected to address) details of what
> to look for on a particular version of an OS running on some particular
> platform.
Can someone point me to a compilation of such information ? If not, I'm
definitely interested in starting a Web page to chronicle recommendations
about good, bad, and questionable random and pseudo-random sources for
specific architectures and operating systems. (It could also include
information on special-purpose plug-in hardware RNGs.)
-Futplex <futplex@pseudonym.com>
