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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


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