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Random numbers & hashes for 256-bit keys?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Howard Gayle)
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Subject: Random numbers & hashes for 256-bit keys?
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Suppose I hypothetically wanted to modify CFS to use AES
(Rijndael) with 256-bit keys.
Are existing /dev/random implementations based on SHA-1 or maybe
MD5 adequate for generating random 256-bit keys and 128-bit IVs?
Is there a better way?
How do I hash a pass phrase into a 256-bit key?
