RDRAND used directly when default engines loaded in openssl-1.0.1-beta1 through openssl-1.0.1e

[coderman]

On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 7:27 PM, coderman <coderman at gmail.com> wrote:
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> "what is affected??"

fortunately impacts are less than anticipated!

nickm devised most concise fix: RAND_set_rand_method(RAND_SSLeay());
 always after ENGINE_load_builtin_engines().
https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor.git/commitdiff/7b87003957530427eadce36ed03b4645b481a335

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full write up is here including a BADRAND engine patch for testing:
  https://peertech.org/goodrand

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last but not least, notable omissions on NSA role in reqs for random
number sources in Appendix E: US Government Role in Current Encryption
Standards.:
  http://cryptome.org/2013/12/nsa-usg-crypto-role.pdf

can we get a do-over?