[openssl-dev] Work on a new RNG for OpenSSL

Blumenthal, Uri - 0553 - MITLL uri at ll.mit.edu
Thu Aug 17 13:31:52 UTC 2017


I have only one issue with the current design: the apparent absence of RAND_add() interface for the "private" RNG.

I request that it is added (no pun intended, really :).

Regards,
Uri

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> On Aug 17, 2017, at 09:18, Salz, Rich via openssl-dev <openssl-dev at openssl.org> wrote:
> 
> \
>> somewhere someone is.  And then it’s not about just reseeding, but
>> what about when (if) we add other things, like whether or not the
>> secure arena gets zero’d in a child?
> 
>    It's difficult to think of what circumstances this might break existing
>    code? What scenario did you have in mind?
> 
> As excerpted above in my post.
> 
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