[Cfrg] I-D Action: draft-irtf-cfrg-randomness-improvements-00.txt

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        Title           : Randomness Improvements for Security Protocols
        Authors         : Cas Cremers
                          Luke Garratt
                          Stanislav Smyshlyaev
                          Nick Sullivan
                          Christopher A. Wood
	Filename        : draft-irtf-cfrg-randomness-improvements-00.txt
	Pages           : 7
	Date            : 2018-03-23

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.  This document
   describes a way for security protocol participants to mix their long-
   term private key into the entropy pool(s) from which random values
   are derived.  This augments and improves randomness from broken or
   otherwise subverted CSPRNGs.


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