From: Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
To: Jean-Luc Cooke <jlcooke@certainkey.com>
Cc: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>,
linux@horizon.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Fortuna
Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 12:34:46 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20050415193446.GY3174@waste.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20050415162225.GA23277@certainkey.com>
On Fri, Apr 15, 2005 at 12:22:25PM -0400, Jean-Luc Cooke wrote:
> And the argument that "random.c doesn't rely on the strength of crypto
> primitives" is kinda lame, though I see where you're coming from. random.c's
> entropy mixing and output depends on the (endian incorrect) SHA-1
> implementation hard coded in that file to be pre-image resistant. If that
> fails (and a few other things) then it's broken.
You really ought to look at the _current_ implementation. There is no
SHA1 code in random.c.
--
Mathematics is the supreme nostalgia of our time.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-04-15 19:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 41+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-04-14 14:15 Fortuna linux
2005-04-14 13:33 ` Fortuna Theodore Ts'o
2005-04-15 1:34 ` Fortuna linux
2005-04-15 14:42 ` Fortuna Theodore Ts'o
2005-04-15 15:38 ` Fortuna linux
2005-04-15 18:23 ` Fortuna Theodore Ts'o
2005-04-15 16:22 ` Fortuna Jean-Luc Cooke
2005-04-15 16:50 ` Fortuna linux
2005-04-15 17:04 ` Fortuna Jean-Luc Cooke
2005-04-16 10:05 ` Fortuna linux
2005-04-16 15:46 ` Fortuna Jean-Luc Cooke
2005-04-16 17:16 ` Fortuna linux
2005-04-16 19:22 ` Fortuna Matt Mackall
2005-04-16 19:00 ` Fortuna Matt Mackall
2005-04-17 0:19 ` Fortuna David Wagner
2005-04-16 1:28 ` Fortuna David Wagner
2005-04-15 19:34 ` Matt Mackall [this message]
2005-04-16 1:25 ` Fortuna David Wagner
2005-04-19 19:27 ` Fortuna Patrick J. LoPresti
2005-04-14 14:52 ` Fortuna Jean-Luc Cooke
2005-04-15 0:52 ` Fortuna linux
2005-04-16 1:19 ` Fortuna David Wagner
2005-04-16 1:08 ` Fortuna David Wagner
2005-04-18 19:13 ` Fortuna Matt Mackall
2005-04-18 21:40 ` Fortuna David Wagner
2005-04-19 4:01 ` Fortuna Theodore Ts'o
2005-04-19 4:31 ` Fortuna David Wagner
2005-04-20 7:06 ` Fortuna Theodore Ts'o
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2005-04-17 9:21 Fortuna linux
2005-04-16 11:44 Fortuna linux
2005-04-16 11:10 Fortuna linux
2005-04-16 15:06 ` Fortuna Jean-Luc Cooke
2005-04-16 16:30 ` Fortuna linux
2005-04-17 0:37 ` Fortuna David Wagner
2005-04-16 23:40 ` Fortuna David Wagner
2005-04-17 0:36 ` Fortuna David Wagner
2005-04-13 23:43 Fortuna Jean-Luc Cooke
2005-04-14 0:09 ` Fortuna Matt Mackall
2005-04-14 0:26 ` Fortuna Jean-Luc Cooke
2005-04-14 0:44 ` Fortuna Matt Mackall
2005-04-16 1:02 ` Fortuna David Wagner
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