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Re: [dsfjdssdfsd] Any readers here? Re: Risks of entropy available

"Paul Hoffman" <paul.hoffman@vpnc.org> Fri, 16 December 2016 02:42 UTC

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Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2016 18:42:53 -0800
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On 15 Dec 2016, at 18:06, Dan Brown wrote:

> Is anybody still reading this list?

At least one person. :-)

> Not sure if my previous post below was clear enough, ‎but if it was 
> clear and if it was read, then maybe it's just not concerning enough 
> to justify a reply?

It was clear and not concerning. If an adversary gets access to the 
/dev/random interface, that adversary probably has lots of similar 
access and therefore much worse things are likely to happen.

--Paul Hoffman

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