1996-04-17 - Re: Article on PGP flaws

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From: jf_avon@citenet.net
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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Raw Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 19:54:43 +0800

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From: jf_avon@citenet.net
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 19:54:43 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Article on PGP flaws
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            David Lesher <wb8foz@nrk.com>
  Says if 
> someone gets your randseed.bin they can infer the PRNG output sequence 
> and your IDEA key.  Doesn't develop in any detail.  Says the IDEA key 
> should be chosen from _truly_ random numbers.

I fed the result of 
pgp +makerandom=2000 rnd.pgp 
into noisesphere.exe 

Every times, it gives a distribution that looks like a zebra from the 
top view.  Any comments?

JFA





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