Add-in encryption module to Netscape
Bill Stewart
stewarts at ix.netcom.com
Mon Apr 22 01:04:28 PDT 1996
At 09:55 PM 4/20/96 -0700, frantz at netcom.com (Bill Frantz) wrote:
>I have thought about the sources of entropy available to a Java applet, and
>there aren't many. You should design your protocol so entropy is not
>needed on the applet side. Entropy is normally used to pick symmetric
>encryption keys, and Initialization vectors
If your applet wants to set up a Diffie-Hellman connection, it'll need
a random number to set its half-key; a scribble window may be good enough.
# Thanks; Bill
# Bill Stewart, stewarts at ix.netcom.com, +1-415-442-2215
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