17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
Jeff Weinstein writes:
More on the RNG stuff. On Unix systems we look for ~/.pgp/randseed.bin, and feed it through the RNG hash.
You should search for the PGPPATH environment variable rather than making assumptions about where it is...
On Unix and PC systems we feed the environment through the hash, so that would be a good place for a concerned user to put some random stuff of their own.
Not a bad idea, but not a substitute for extracting enough bits of entropy on your own... Perry