From owner-freebsd-security Sat Mar 3 21:15:27 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from silby.com (adam042-060.resnet.wisc.edu [146.151.42.60]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E76E937B719 for ; Sat, 3 Mar 2001 21:15:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from silby@silby.com) Received: (qmail 6592 invoked by uid 1000); 4 Mar 2001 05:15:17 -0000 Received: from localhost (sendmail-bs@127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 4 Mar 2001 05:15:17 -0000 Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2001 23:15:17 -0600 (CST) From: Mike Silbersack To: Michael Robinson Cc: Subject: Re: random numbers In-Reply-To: <200103040456.f244uSZ15443@netrinsics.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, 4 Mar 2001, Michael Robinson wrote: > Caveat: last I checked, the /dev/[u]random device in -CURRENT was completely > broken for crypto-grade randomness (it said as much in the source). True a few weeks ago, but no longer: markm 2001/03/03 06:35:02 PST Modified files: sys/dev/random yarrow.c Log: Take down a comment that is no longer true. /dev/random is ready for prime time! Revision Changes Path 1.32 +1 -5 src/sys/dev/random/yarrow.c Mike "Silby" Silbersack To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message