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Re: linux-ipsec: Re: Summary re: /dev/random
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Honig)
Sat Aug 14 13:13:06 1999
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 13:22:47 -0700
To: Henry Spencer <henry@spsystems.net>, linux-ipsec@clinet.fi,
cryptography@c2.net
From: David Honig <honig@sprynet.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.91.990811143002.15062j-100000@spsystems.net>
At 02:39 PM 8/11/99 -0400, Henry Spencer wrote:
>
>And will those hardware RNGs be subject to export control? Betcha they
>will, assuming export control survives legal challenges. If this isn't
>"enabling technology", I don't know what is...
Hey, there are *legitimate* civilian uses for RNGs. For testing various
kinds of communications gear. For true-random dithering. For monte-carlo
verification. For soothing-sound generators to help you sleep...
