Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 15:07:03 -0500 From: "Jacques A . Vidrine" <n@nectar.com> To: Leif Neland <leif@neland.dk> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADS UP! New (incomplete) /dev/random device! Message-ID: <20000626150703.A524@bone.nectar.com> In-Reply-To: <002501bfdf78$f3b41c40$0e00a8c0@neland.dk>; from leifn@neland.dk on Mon, Jun 26, 2000 at 04:09:26PM %2B0200 References: <200006251512.RAA17563@grimreaper.grondar.za> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0006251252550.42497-100000@freefall.freebsd.org> <20000626082516.C18421@bone.nectar.com> <002501bfdf78$f3b41c40$0e00a8c0@neland.dk>
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On Mon, Jun 26, 2000 at 04:09:26PM +0200, Leif Neland wrote: > How much does this "unrandomness" matter? That's why I said `depending on the application'. It probably doesn't matter too much for a Kerberos session key that will be used for the duration of an ftp session. It definately matters if you just generated a keytab to use for your new server, and you use that key for the lifetime of your server (not atypical). > How often are keys generated? If only once per program, then does it really > matter if the keys are generated randomly or from my mothers maiden name? Consult Schroedinger's cat. Maybe it only `matters' if someone is looking for weak keys in your environment. :-) -- Jacques Vidrine / n@nectar.com / nectar@FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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