PRNG cleanups
ghudson@MIT.EDU
ghudson at MIT.EDU
Wed Feb 23 11:49:40 EST 2011
Based on discussion last September, I've written up a project proposal
for changes to the PRNG logic in krb5, and started a one-week review:
http://k5wiki.kerberos.org/wiki/Projects/PRNG_Cleanup
The basic proposed steps are:
* Rewrite the Fortuna PRNG implementation and make it the default.
* Immediately reseed the Fortuna generator on OSRAND and TRUSTEDPARTY
entropy inputs; other inputs go into the accumulator pools.
* Make the Fortuna PRNG fail out if it can't productively seed its
generator (this shouldn't ever happen if it's possible to get OS
entropy).
* Drop the Yarrow PRNG implementation.
* Add a PRNG implementation which just gathers OS entropy.
* Eliminate some of the calls to add entropy inputs where they are not
needed or useful.
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