1995-09-25 - Re: Netscape “random” number seed generator code available

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From: jsw@neon.netscape.com (Jeff Weinstein)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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UTC Datetime: 1995-09-25 06:46:33 UTC
Raw Date: Sun, 24 Sep 95 23:46:33 PDT

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From: jsw@neon.netscape.com (Jeff Weinstein)
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 95 23:46:33 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Netscape "random" number seed generator code available
In-Reply-To: <4454nu$da8@tera.mcom.com>
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  More on the RNG stuff.  On Unix systems we look for ~/.pgp/randseed.bin,
and feed it through the RNG hash.  On Unix and PC systems we feed the
environment through the hash, so that would be a good place for a
concerned user to put some random stuff of their own.

	--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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