-- [ From: David E. Smith * EMC.Ver #2.5.02 ] -- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Do the new versions use PGP's randseed.bin? If Netscape even only looks at data used to keep PGP secure, Netscape will be banned from my computer and every computer I am responsible for. -- For good.
This is the second person who has expressed this sentiment. I don't understand it. If you believe that the possibility of randseed.bin getting out is dangerous, then why do you leave it online? Do you really trust every piece of software you run, every piece of software that can possibly access your machine over the net, to not look at that file?
I'm still running MSDOS, so I suppose net connectivity isn't much of an issue :) At any rate, I set my randseed.bin to a length of 0 and then made in un-writable, so that new random bits have to be generated every time. It's not too much of a trouble for me; most of my PGP use is just signing messages to certain interested parties. How would Netscape handle the fact that there aren't any random bits here? Dave "old bits, new bits, red bits, blue bits" - -- David E. Smith, c/o Southeast Missouri State University 1210 Towers South, Cape Girardeau MO USA 63701-4745 +1(314)339-3814, "dsmith@midwest.net", PGP ID 0x92732139 Opinions this ludicrous are mine. Rational ones will cost you. Heh -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBMGnQnwwyfvCScyE5AQHzIQQAklOHwzKJY9P2DqAvdf4Rn1aZUNcqW3bz rk/FCrQP19WxqyTsO7RcRQ6q5ziwqU4qbMu+Xyci2qT0wEnOKFYhauLgLd0xxttA 7sqX9pEQVbLN9KCGz5AqFwDNlqVcdMqu0yo8s5gprmCFxDh0hXzt880rNn8tP6Id ErrhJ2NToZo= =0KRe -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----