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Date:      Sun, 29 Dec 2002 13:25:29 -0800
From:      Tim Kientzle <kientzle@acm.org>
To:        Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Can dhclient rely on /dev/random?
Message-ID:  <3E0F6849.5060904@acm.org>
References:  <3E0E02F3.6030205@acm.org> <3E0EB6CF.6D1BFAD6@mindspring.com>

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Terry Lambert wrote:

> Uh, what "cryptographic requirements" of dhclient?


I'm not really sure. ;-)

The dhclient source has a 'dst' directory
with source for an HMAC/MD5 digest authentication
toolkit.  I haven't figured out exactly what
it's used for, though.  (Dynamic DNS updates
for secure BIND?  Some form of authenticated DHCP?)
Maybe someone else around here knows.

Tim


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