Netscape "random" number seed generator code available
Perry E. Metzger
perry at piermont.com
Mon Sep 25 10:22:06 PDT 1995
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
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