From: Scott Robert Ladd <coyote@coyotegulch.com>
To: Jean-Luc Cooke <jlcooke@certainkey.com>
Cc: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PROPOSAL/PATCH] Fortuna PRNG in /dev/random
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 16:44:13 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4154871D.2090209@coyotegulch.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040924175929.GU28317@certainkey.com>
Jean-Luc Cooke wrote:
> If I submitted a patch that gave users the choice of swapping my Fortuna for
> the current /dev/random, would you be cool with that then?
I would certainly appreciate this option, given that my customers often
have very different ideas of what they need. I don't see how it hurts
the kernel to have a choice for /dev/random.
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Scott Robert Ladd
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blog: http://chaoticcoyote.blogspot.com
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-09-24 20:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-09-23 23:43 [PROPOSAL/PATCH] Fortuna PRNG in /dev/random Jean-Luc Cooke
2004-09-24 4:38 ` Theodore Ts'o
2004-09-24 12:54 ` Jean-Luc Cooke
2004-09-24 17:43 ` Theodore Ts'o
2004-09-24 17:59 ` Jean-Luc Cooke
2004-09-24 20:44 ` Scott Robert Ladd [this message]
2004-09-24 21:34 ` Theodore Ts'o
2004-09-25 14:51 ` Jean-Luc Cooke
2004-09-24 18:43 ` James Morris
2004-09-24 19:09 ` Matt Mackall
2004-09-24 20:03 ` Lee Revell
2004-09-24 13:44 ` Jean-Luc Cooke
2004-09-27 4:58 ` Theodore Ts'o
[not found] ` <20040927133203.GF28317@certainkey.com>
2004-09-27 14:55 ` Theodore Ts'o
2004-09-27 15:19 ` Jean-Luc Cooke
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2004-09-24 0:59 linux
2004-09-24 2:34 ` Jean-Luc Cooke
2004-09-24 6:19 ` linux
2004-09-24 21:42 ` linux
2004-09-25 14:54 ` Jean-Luc Cooke
2004-09-25 18:43 ` Theodore Ts'o
2004-09-26 1:42 ` Jean-Luc Cooke
2004-09-26 5:23 ` Theodore Ts'o
2004-09-27 0:50 ` linux
2004-09-27 13:07 ` Jean-Luc Cooke
2004-09-27 14:23 ` Theodore Ts'o
2004-09-27 14:42 ` Jean-Luc Cooke
2004-09-26 6:46 ` linux
2004-09-26 16:32 ` Jean-Luc Cooke
2004-09-26 2:31 ` linux
2004-09-27 18:53 Manfred Spraul
2004-09-27 19:45 ` Jean-Luc Cooke
2004-09-28 0:07 ` Theodore Ts'o
2004-09-28 2:24 ` Jean-Luc Cooke
2004-09-28 13:46 ` Herbert Poetzl
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