Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2001 22:40:58 -0500 From: "Joseph Gleason" <clash@fireduck.com> To: <freebsd-security@freebsd.org> Subject: random numbers Message-ID: <000b01c0a45c$edec3280$0b2d2d0a@fireduck.com>
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Would /dev/urandom be acceptable for use in a one time pad encryption system? Such a system is only as strong as the random number generator used to generate the keys. I get the feeling that /dev/random would be a much better choice, but key generation with that would be much slower. Does anyone know of any hardware that isn't to expensive and generates good random numbers? Thanks for your time. Joseph Gleason To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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