Re: [Cfrg] I-D Action: draft-irtf-cfrg-randomness-improvements-03.txt
N6ghost <n6ghost@gmail.com> Sun, 21 October 2018 19:59 UTC
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Subject: Re: [Cfrg] I-D Action: draft-irtf-cfrg-randomness-improvements-03.txt
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On Sun, 21 Oct 2018 09:02:58 -0700 internet-drafts@ietf.org wrote: > A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts > directories. This draft is a work item of the Crypto Forum RG of the > IRTF. > > Title : Randomness Improvements for Security > Protocols Authors : Cas Cremers > Luke Garratt > Stanislav Smyshlyaev > Nick Sullivan > Christopher A. Wood > Filename : > draft-irtf-cfrg-randomness-improvements-03.txt Pages : 9 > Date : 2018-10-21 > > Abstract: > Randomness is a crucial ingredient for TLS and related security > protocols. Weak or predictable "cryptographically-strong" > pseudorandom number generators (CSPRNGs) can be abused or exploited > for malicious purposes. The Dual EC random number backdoor and > Debian bugs are relevant examples of this problem. An initial > entropy source that seeds a CSPRNG might be weak or broken as well, > which can also lead to critical and systemic security problems. > This document describes a way for security protocol participants to > augment their CSPRNGs using long-term private keys. This improves > randomness from broken or otherwise subverted CSPRNGs. > > > The IETF datatracker status page for this draft is: > https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-irtf-cfrg-randomness-improvements/ > > There are also htmlized versions available at: > https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-irtf-cfrg-randomness-improvements-03 > https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-irtf-cfrg-randomness-improvements-03 > > A diff from the previous version is available at: > https://www.ietf.org/rfcdiff?url2=draft-irtf-cfrg-randomness-improvements-03 > > > Please note that it may take a couple of minutes from the time of > submission until the htmlized version and diff are available at > tools.ietf.org. > > Internet-Drafts are also available by anonymous FTP at: > ftp://ftp.ietf.org/internet-drafts/ > > _______________________________________________ > Cfrg mailing list > Cfrg@irtf.org > https://www.irtf.org/mailman/listinfo/cfrg still reading the paper, but this seems like a good solution. its not unlike the way OpenBSD does it. the take the hardware generated randomness and use it as seed to another random generator. the general idea in OpenBSD was to have two random gens. one HW and one SW. -N6Ghost
- [Cfrg] I-D Action: draft-irtf-cfrg-randomness-imp… internet-drafts
- Re: [Cfrg] I-D Action: draft-irtf-cfrg-randomness… N6ghost
- Re: [Cfrg] I-D Action: draft-irtf-cfrg-randomness… Stanislav V. Smyshlyaev