Begin forwarded message:
From: Michael Casadevall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: June 11, 2007 5:43:28 PM EDT
To: Constantine Kousoulos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Putting a random translator into the Hurd directly?
What are the current random translators doing then?
On Jun 11, 2007, at 5:19 PM, Constantine Kousoulos wrote:
Michael Casadevall wrote:
I've recently started hacking on Hurd again, and I'm curious why
a random translator isn't included by default in the Hurd.
Looking at the wiki, there are at least two different
translators; we should have one of these included out of the box
because without /dev/(u)random, its impossible to have SSH and a
bunch of other programs.
I'm still somewhat new around here, so if anyone wants to explain
to me the proper process for having something added to the CVS
repository (such as the random translator), I'm all ears.
Hello Michael,
In order to use a random translator, we need a good entropy
gathering source. The best way to gather entropy is to trap
(keyboard, mouse and other) interrupts from the kernel. In other
words, the GNU Mach kernel needs to be modified.
There is also the user space application egd, but i think that is
too slow to use and not trustworthy for serious cryptografic
operations.
Ragards,
Constantine
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