Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2014 06:19:19 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 194204] getentropy(2): sys call from openbsd Message-ID: <bug-194204-8-x3KXQBvE0h@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> In-Reply-To: <bug-194204-8@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> References: <bug-194204-8@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=194204 --- Comment #5 from Mateusz Guzik <mjg@FreeBSD.org> --- I'm no crypto expert. Turns out FreeBSD's arc4rand uses RC4, while OpenBSD's version uses something based on ChaCha which is stronger than RC4. I don't think we should provide a syscall with weaker randomness than one provided with original implementation. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
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