From: Bill Stewart <stewarts@ix.netcom.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 16:04:28 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Add-in encryption module to Netscape
Message-ID: <199604220502.WAA05299@dfw-ix2.ix.netcom.com>
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At 09:55 PM 4/20/96 -0700, frantz@netcom.com (Bill Frantz) wrote:
>I have thought about the sources of entropy available to a Java applet, and
>there aren't many.  You should design your protocol so entropy is not
>needed on the applet side.  Entropy is normally used to pick symmetric
>encryption keys, and Initialization vectors

If your applet wants to set up a Diffie-Hellman connection, it'll need
a random number to set its half-key; a scribble window may be good enough.
#					Thanks;  Bill
# Bill Stewart, stewarts@ix.netcom.com, +1-415-442-2215