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

Dmitry Belyavsky beldmit at gmail.com
Mon Jun 26 14:12:13 UTC 2017


Dear Rich,

On Mon, Jun 26, 2017 at 3:49 PM, Salz, Rich via openssl-dev <
openssl-dev at openssl.org> wrote:

> We are starting to work on a new cryptographically strong pseudo random
> number generator for OpenSSL, known as CSPRNG or PRNG or RNG.
>
>
>
> Please take a look at GitHub pull request https://github.com/openssl/
> openssl/pull/3758 which is the start of a series.  In particular, please
> take a look at some detailed comments from one of our committers, at
> https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/3758#issuecomment-310938562, and
> the followon.
>
>
>
> We welcome your input.
>

Will the new architecture still allow engine-defined RNG methods? It's a
critical requirement for our products.
Thank you!


-- 
SY, Dmitry Belyavsky
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