latest librand source now av

Perry E. Metzger perry at piermont.com
Wed Dec 6 15:18:39 PST 1995



an116512 at anon.penet.fi (Shithead) writes:
> In .cypherpunks, Matt Blaze <mab at research.att.com> writes:
> >Souce code for the latest version of librand (a random
> >number package based on event interval variations) for
> >Unix-like machines is now available in:
> >  ftp://ftp.research.att.com/dist/mab/librand.shar
> 
> why the FUCK would anyone want to use random number code from at&t,
> (and mister nescape GAK apologist himself)? this the code that was
> broken by french student for christs sakes.

What drugs, exactly, have you been taking, and where can we buy them?
They are obviously very good, although it appears that you are getting
a bit of a paranoid edge from them.

(For those not in the know...

1) Matt Blaze is the guy that, among other things, embarassed the NSA
   with his discovery of flaws in Tessera, which made the front page
   of the times.
2) His code has nothing to do with Netscape, and neither does he.)

.pm






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