Re: [RFC] [VOTE] Vote open for reliable user-land CSPRNG
| From: | Leigh | Date: | Sun, 15 Mar 2015 23:25:14 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: [RFC] [VOTE] Vote open for reliable user-land CSPRNG | ||
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On 15 March 2015 at 22:56, Stanislav Malyshev <smalyshev@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> if
> running PRNG for "too long" is dangerous, wouldn't we already have much
> more serious problem with encryption routines based on them which
> basically do it all the time?
Indeed we would, it's the kind of issue that would get solved pretty
quickly (imho). Maybe it was an issue at some point in the past and there's
still misinformation out there? Who knows, it certainly isn't an issue
today.