Re:Myths about /dev/urandom
by bradleyjg on Friday March 07, 2014 @11:37AM
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Well close, though you use the word random or randomness where he uses unpredictable.
His basic point is that we can use the 256-bit random output as the key for a stream cipher, and voilà you have yourself an endless stream of unpredictable keys. And if you don't believe that, then in what sense do you trust the stream cipher?
His basic point is that we can use the 256-bit random output as the key for a stream cipher, and voilà you have yourself an endless stream of unpredictable keys. And if you don't believe that, then in what sense do you trust the stream cipher?