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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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