In article <199509251256.IAA27310@gatekeeper.itribe.net>, bianco@itribe.net (David J. Bianco) writes:
On Sep 25, 2:38, Phil Karlton sent the following to the NSA's mail archives:
Subject: Netscape "random" number seed generator code available || As is mentioned in the README, more will need to be done to find more || bits of entropy. (Too much of a good thing is still not enough.) || However the security team believes that the RNG seed is no longer the || weak link and candidate for attack. So I am personally volunteering || to have my had shaved if a discovered deficiency in this code results || in an easily attacked generated seed. [You will be expected to show || your work. :-)] ||
Will you put a picture up on http://www.netscape.com/ someone does find a problem? 8-)
I will make sure that a picture is available on the web if Phil has to shave his head. --Jeff -- Jeff Weinstein - Electronic Munitions Specialist Netscape Communication Corporation jsw@netscape.com - http://home.netscape.com/people/jsw Any opinions expressed above are mine.