1995-09-27 - Re: New Netscape RNG

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From: jsw@neon.netscape.com (Jeff Weinstein)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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UTC Datetime: 1995-09-27 00:50:03 UTC
Raw Date: Tue, 26 Sep 95 17:50:03 PDT

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From: jsw@neon.netscape.com (Jeff Weinstein)
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 95 17:50:03 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: New Netscape RNG
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In article <Pine.LNX.3.91.950926072411.866D-100000@russell.moore.com>, drc@russell.moore.com (David R. Conrad) writes:
> I also noticed that they use $HOME/.pgp/randseed.bin under unix, but
> they don't bother with %PGPPATH%\RANDSEED.BIN on PCs.  I've sent Jeff
> a private message about this.

  As noted in a previous message, I've replaced the hardcoded randseed.bin
with an environment variable that names a file to pass through the seed
hash.  This is only on the unix version for now, but I plan to put it
into the PC version for 2.0.

	--Jeff

-- 
Jeff Weinstein - Electronic Munitions Specialist
Netscape Communication Corporation
jsw@netscape.com - http://home.netscape.com/people/jsw
Any opinions expressed above are mine.





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