[Eligibility-discuss] The NomCom replacement selection process (with seed)

[Martin Thomson <[e-mail]>]

I posted a script some time ago that was used in the NomCom fallback process.
https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/eligibility-discuss/xH7C0amrezjq-p3aMeF3h01S3I0/

I've generated the output string above using that program, seeded with the string 'a56661c2394c7ea156dc29af4aef01545da52738dd0f4f71be279bf245292b3a' (minus the quotes).

Sending this here as a narrower group expressed interest in the value that was used.

However, I now believe that this is not a process that should be used in the future.  The NomCom process tends to need to run the entire challenge period before each fallback iteration.  Given that, it should be relatively easy to make a hash commitment at that time or - and this is my preference - announce a new entropy source. 

I disagree with Donald about the suitability of drand.love.  For the purpose of replacement selection I believe that it is fine and better than the process that I used.

Cheers,
Martin