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Date: Sat, 10 May 2003 15:38:05 -0600
From: Theo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org>
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Subject: Re: /dev/random and /dev/urandom 
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This has zero to do with the situation at hand.  You are just
copying-catting the "MD5 is insecure" yammering that you sometimes
see.  The details of MD5 that are used here make it fine.

Your statement is much like: Cars crash.  Cars are unsafe.  Don't drive.


> I really don't know why I'm bothering to send this email, since what
> usually happens after sending an email to bugs@ is I get a lot of rude and
> unpleasant replies.
> 
> However.....
> 
> I've been looking at the FreeBSD and OpenBSD source code for these
> pseudo-devices; they both use MD5.
> 
> But as I'm sure we all know, the security of MD5 is in doubt, and that's
> according to the FreeBSD manual pages (I haven't checked OpenBSD).
> According to the SSH Communications Security Website, MD5 should not be
> used in "new" programs.
> 
> So the point I am making is that a better cryptographic checksum like SHA1
> should be used instead.
> 
> cheers,
> robin
>