From: Herbert Xu Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] RNG: Add Pseudo Random Number Generator to kernel Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:38:59 +0800 Message-ID: <20080716133859.GA16473@gondor.apana.org.au> References: <20080703202102.GB5237@hmsendeavour.rdu.redhat.com> <20080716124533.GA16103@gondor.apana.org.au> <20080716132539.GB24291@hmsreliant.think-freely.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org, davem@davemloft.net To: Neil Horman Return-path: Received: from rhun.apana.org.au ([64.62.148.172]:32998 "EHLO arnor.apana.org.au" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756697AbYGPNjD (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:39:03 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080716132539.GB24291@hmsreliant.think-freely.org> Sender: linux-crypto-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 09:25:40AM -0400, Neil Horman wrote: > > I think I have an irc log somewhere where I thought we discussed this, and > decided that counter mode allowed us a larger period in the random number > stream, but you're correct, simple AES mode is called for in the specification. > I suppose its better to do whats written down there rather than do what makes > intuitive sense, I'll change that. Yes since this is primarily for the purposes of fulfilling the specifications this would be the best course to take. Thanks! -- Visit Openswan at http://www.openswan.org/ Email: Herbert Xu ~{PmV>HI~} Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/ PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt