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Re: [gnutls-dev] Feature request: not really random session keys
From: |
Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos |
Subject: |
Re: [gnutls-dev] Feature request: not really random session keys |
Date: |
Wed, 18 Jan 2006 14:19:59 +0100 |
On 1/18/06, Florian Weimer <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Well, gnutls shouldn't use /dev/random on normal server use. For
> > example if you use only TLS /dev/random shouldn't be accessed. Only
> > if you generate private keys (or RSA parameters) /dev/random will be
> > used.
> TLS needs session keys, and they seem to use cryptographically strong
> random numbers.
Indeed and /dev/urandom is adequate for this kind of keys. Only
for long-lived keys such as the private keys /dev/random is used.
[gnutls-dev] Re: Feature request: not really random session keys, Simon Josefsson, 2006/01/18
Re: [gnutls-dev] Feature request: not really random session keys, Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos, 2006/01/18
- Re: [gnutls-dev] Feature request: not really random session keys, Florian Weimer, 2006/01/18
- Re: [gnutls-dev] Feature request: not really random session keys, Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos, 2006/01/18
- Re: [gnutls-dev] Feature request: not really random session keys, Werner Koch, 2006/01/19
- Re: [gnutls-dev] Feature request: not really random session keys, Florian Weimer, 2006/01/30
- Re: [gnutls-dev] Feature request: not really random session keys, Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos, 2006/01/30
- Re: [gnutls-dev] Feature request: not really random session keys, Florian Weimer, 2006/01/30
- Re: [gnutls-dev] Feature request: not really random session keys, Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos, 2006/01/30