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@kisasondi That's a pretty good page. You should go read it. about 15 hours ago via web in reply to kisasondi
@KevinSMcArthur You're a wanker. 11:18 AM May 26th via web in reply to KevinSMcArthur
@kisasondi Entropy doesn't get 'depleted' like that. 11:17 AM May 26th via web in reply to kisasondi
@KevinSMcArthur There's nothing whatsoever insecure about reusing entropy as long as you have a cryptographically secure RNG. 8:43 AM May 26th via web in reply to KevinSMcArthur
@DLitz @deathtolamo Yeah, Fortuna is the successor to Yarrow. 8:41 AM May 26th via web in reply to DLitz
@damageboy Not joking, we got bitten by that one horribly. 8:41 AM May 26th via web in reply to damageboy
@kisasondi urandom is just as secure as long as there's enough entropy in the pool. Blocking for mix-in makes it more vulnerable, not less. 8:40 AM May 26th via web in reply to kisasondi
@deathtolamo Linux *should* use Yarrow, like FreeBSD does, but it doesn't. 9:08 PM May 25th via web in reply to deathtolamo
@deathtolamo Here's some info, it's a real disaster - web.archive.org/web/2008100304… 9:06 PM May 25th via web in reply to deathtolamo
@kisasondi Because /dev/random blocks completely unnecessarily. 7:45 PM May 25th via web in reply to kisasondi
@KevinSMcArthur If there's enough entropy in the pool there are no problems. 7:43 PM May 25th via web in reply to KevinSMcArthur
@deathtolamo It's cryptographically secure, no problems with mere statistical tests. 7:32 PM May 25th via web in reply to deathtolamo
@eqe @nadiah That's a faulty /dev/urandom. It should block until it gets an initial pool. 6:17 PM May 25th via web in reply to eqe
Do not use the random access flag! It will cause the cache to never be flushed! fb.me/U3wnnA3V 5:33 PM May 25th via Facebook
/dev/random is for wankers. Use /dev/urandom instead. 3:13 PM May 25th via Facebook
Hex on the 8x8 board has been solved. fb.me/1UCrhnGYz 9:09 AM May 23rd via Facebook
My new invention: A connection between a car and a phone, so the phone has access to the car's GPS, compass, and accelerometer. 10:39 PM May 20th via Facebook
@mm The Wall Street guys didn't make a whole bunch of money. The horror! 7:12 PM May 18th via web in reply to mm
Can someone explain to me what qualifies Ross Levinsohn to run Yahoo? facebook.com/bram.cohen/pos… 1:26 PM May 14th via web
@rchen Yeah, a time machine to go back and accept that Microsoft offer. Dumbasses. 9:53 PM May 13th via web in reply to rchen