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Re: [Cryptography] Mac OS 10.7.5 Random Numbers
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tom Mitchell)
Mon Feb 3 17:12:50 2014
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In-Reply-To: <52EFD237.5060309@iang.org>
Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2014 12:24:11 -0800
From: Tom Mitchell <mitch@niftyegg.com>
To: ianG <iang@iang.org>
Cc: John Kelsey <crypto.jmk@gmail.com>,
"cryptography@metzdowd.com" <cryptography@metzdowd.com>,
Bill Frantz <frantz@pwpconsult.com>
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On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 9:30 AM, ianG <iang@iang.org> wrote:
> On 3/02/14 19:24 PM, John Kelsey wrote:
>
>> What attack do you think is made practical by having only a 160-bit PRNG
state, instead of a 256-bit state?
>
>
......
> Cryptography often relies on proofs from some related property, such as
> the factoring difficulty problem. It would seem something could be done
> along similr lines.
"Cryptography standards" not cryptography.
Cryptography is simply a tool to the goal of private communication or
a tool for securing content not in transit.
It may be that the best tool in the modern web email world is an editor
and the use of simple attachments.
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=3D"mailto:iang@iang.org">iang@iang.org</a>> wrote:<br>> On 3/02/14 1=
9:24 PM, John Kelsey wrote:<br>><br>>> What attack do you think is=
made practical by having only a 160-bit PRNG state, instead of a 256-bit s=
tate?<br>
><br>><div>......<br><div><br>> Cryptography often relies on proof=
s from some related property, such as<br>> the factoring difficulty prob=
lem. =A0It would seem something could be done<br>> along similr lines.</=
div>
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iv><div><br></div><div>Cryptography is simply a tool to the goal of private=
communication or</div><div>a tool for securing content not in transit.</di=
v>
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rld is an editor</div><div>and the use of simple attachments. =A0<br><br><b=
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