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  • schmidtbag
    Senior Member
    • Dec 2010
    • 6600

    #11
    Originally posted by Ironmask View Post
    That's not how the world works, though. We have SSL encryption to worry about now.
    Aren't the random seeds only generated on the server side?

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    • George99
      Senior Member
      • Mar 2017
      • 223

      #12
      Originally posted by schmidtbag View Post
      How hard could it be to just get a simple random number?
      In fact it can be pretty simple and straight forward: https://xkcd.com/221/

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      • schmidtbag
        Senior Member
        • Dec 2010
        • 6600

        #13
        Originally posted by George99 View Post
        In fact it can be pretty simple and straight forward: https://xkcd.com/221/
        Hahaha what a perfect reference.

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        • tchiwam
          Phoronix Member
          • Aug 2017
          • 112

          #14
          anyone did a distribution of that rng ?

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          • F.Ultra
            Senior Member
            • Feb 2010
            • 2026

            #15
            Originally posted by schmidtbag View Post
            Aren't the random seeds only generated on the server side?
            if that where the case then TLS would have been completely broken security wise. Random nonces are needed from both sides during the handshake for anything remotely secure.

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            • abott
              Senior Member
              • Apr 2018
              • 271

              #16
              Originally posted by Jakobson View Post
              It will be eventually merged because without it LRNG does not meet new FIPS requirements in next year summer.
              That's not how the Linux kernel works. It'll be merged when it's ready. FIPS better learn how to roll their own kernel.

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