From: "James M. Cobb" <jcobb@ahcbsd1.ovnet.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 1995 17:47:13 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: rand-test
Message-ID: <Pine.BSD.3.91.951122041655.28519J-100000@ahcbsd1.ovnet.com>
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Friend, 
 
 
The following information from 
 
         CIAC Bulletin G-04:  X Authentication Vulnerability 
 
                     November 20, 1995 22:00 GMT 
 
may be of use to you: 
 
     If you cannot use DES, you can determine your expo- 
     sure to remote attackers by testing the strength of 
     your rand() function using the program rand-test; the 
     source is available as 
 
          ftp://ftp.x.org/pub/DOCS/rand-test/rand-test.c 
 
 
Cordially, 
 
Jim 
 
 
 
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