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

[John Denker]

In the context of:

>> If you mean for something to be hard for the attacker to guess,
>> the word "adamance" can be used.

On 06/26/2017 08:32 AM, Salz, Rich wrote:

> All my attempts to look up a definition of this word came up with a noun for for adamant.

The word "adamance", meaning hardness (as in hard to guess),
was coined for this purpose.

The allusion to "adamance", meaning hardness (as in rheologically
hard), is not a coincidence.

Can anybody suggest a better term?

For more on this, and a host of RNG-related issues see:
  https://www.av8n.com/turbid/paper/rng-intro.htm

> Is it worth reposting my thoughts with your suggested wording changes?

OK.  Off-list or on.  This stuff is important.