2010/12/21 Otto Moerbeek <o...@drijf.net>: >> get_random_bytes() calls extract_entropy() which is a a loop around nbytes, >> thus get_random_bytes() will most certainly deliver enough entropy. > > extract_entropy() does not guarantee the collected bytes will have > enough entropy. Think about situations very early in machine startup, > where the state of things could be predictable.
O.K. I see... But isn't the value of nanotime() kind of "predictable" as well? Regards Kurt Knochner http://knochner.com/
