From: Bill Frantz <frantz@netcom.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 1997 23:50:21 +0800
To: Joubin <cypherpunks@toad.com>
Subject: Re: Request for expert opinion and Feedback
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At 6:28 PM -0700 10/24/97, Joubin wrote:
>I am involved in a project which aims at the creation of a free and
>portable Java(tm) based object operating system.  A basic functional
>requirement for this new OS is to provide /fast and effective/ strong
>cryptographic support at the OS level.
>
>...
>
>Your expert advice:
>
>a) How do you feel about 'where' the computational support should be
>   implemented ?

Look at the Java Ecnryption stuff that JavaSoft has put out.  The
interfaces aren't too bad, and in any case you will need native code for
efficency at the lowest level.

>c) Is there any benefit to implementing the random number generation
>   system in the Kernel?

Yes.  In the kernel, you have access to many more hard-to-guess physical
inputs than an application level program


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