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2002 Jan 22
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ssh-rand-helper
...opy from PRNGD,
stirs it into OpenSSL's RAND_add(), and outputs 48 bytes of
pseudorandom bytes based on this entropy. Does this present any
advantage over just dumping the 48 bytes of entropy received from
PRNGD directly?
The semantics I'm envisioning here:
Define USE_PRNGD, USE_CMDS, or both.
Case 1: USE_PRNGD && USE_CMDS:
read_seedfile()
fetch 96 bytes from PRNGD
if successful
output(bytes 1-48)
RAND_add(bytes 49-96) /* for seedfile */
Otherwise
stir_from_commands()
stir_from_system()
output(RAND_bytes(48))
write_seedfile()...