> From: Albert Cahalan <albert@ccs.neu.edu>
> Date: Wed, 15 May 1996 20:16:00 -0400 (EDT)
>
> Add an option called CONFIG_WEAK_RANDOM. When set, most of the
> calls to add randomness become NOPs and the pool becomes much
> smaller, perhaps only 256 bytes. A pseudo-random number generator
> is used, but we give it a kick every now and then with random data.
> Output from it gets hashed with existing code, such as the network
> or decompression CRC checks. Since most of the add randomness calls
> will be disabled, let the remaining ones add twice as many bits.
>
> No, no, no, no, no.....
>
>
> Getting good random numbers is *hard*. If you're not really paranoid,
> you're probably doing it wrong, and someone who is clever can walk all
> over you. This has been proven again and again, with Netscape getting
> humiliated on the front page of the Wall Street Journal.
>
> - Ted
Beleve it or not: THERE IS A DIFFERENCE between random and equally
distributed number sequences. And there is only one way to break into my
Linux box wihout any physical interaction, like knocking my house door out:
TELEPATIC.
Im simply not connected at home! And I suppose that I'm not alone.
Marcin