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Re: qmail starttls patch does not seed the random number generator
From: "D. J. Bernstein" <djb () cr yp to>
Date: 19 Aug 2001 17:29:58 -0000
Jack Lloyd writes:
the fact that qmail doesn't seed the RNG is a serious error
Nonsense. There is no TLS RNG in qmail. The patch under discussion is not part of qmail. I didn't write the patch. I haven't reviewed it. I don't distribute it. I don't use it. I am not responsible for its bugs. For the record: I have authorized _none_ of the third-party patches that are available for my software. Most of those patches are garbage. ---Dan
Current thread:
- qmail starttls patch does not seed the random number generator Felix von Leitner (Aug 15)
- Re: qmail starttls patch does not seed the random number generator Wojciech Purczynski (Aug 15)
- Re: qmail starttls patch does not seed the random number generator Jack Lloyd (Aug 15)
- Re: qmail starttls patch does not seed the random number generator Scott Renfro (Aug 16)
- Re: qmail starttls patch does not seed the random number generator D. J. Bernstein (Aug 19)
- Re: qmail starttls patch does not seed the random number generator Jack Lloyd (Aug 15)
- Re: qmail starttls patch does not seed the random number generator Brian Hatch (Aug 15)
- Re: qmail starttls patch does not seed the random number generator Frederik Vermeulen (Aug 16)
- Re: qmail starttls patch does not seed the random number generator Wojciech Purczynski (Aug 15)