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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.

  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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