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Re: DIGEST-MD5 and {nonce,cnonce}
At 02:53 PM 10/25/99 -0500, Ed Carp wrote:
>> >Most UNIX implementations implement rand() and friends. Even Solaris ;)
>>
>> Rand(3) provides a sequence of psuedo-random numbers. The
>> amount of entropy in these numbers cannot be greater than
>> the seed used to determine the sequence.
>>
>> It is not appropriate to use rand(3) to obtain bits of
>> entropy.
>
>Why not, if properly seeded?
Because we're after bits of entropy (or disorder) and not a sequence of
highly ordered values such as offerred by rand(3).
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