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Re: heimdal and OpenSSL

To: "Jacques A. Vidrine" <n@nectar.com>
Subject: Re: heimdal and OpenSSL
From: joda@pdc.kth.se (Johan Danielsson)
Date: 05 Jan 2001 11:12:45 +0100
Cc: Richard Levitte - VMS Whacker <levitte@stacken.kth.se>, heimdal-discuss@sics.se
In-Reply-To: "Jacques A. Vidrine"'s message of "Thu, 4 Jan 2001 19:56:54 -0600"
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"Jacques A. Vidrine" <n@nectar.com> writes:

>    KTH libdes:    des_random_key         a lame PRNG
>    SSLeay:        des_random_key         same PRNG as above
>    KTH libdes:    des_new_random_key     a replacement PRNG
>    OpenSSL 0.9.5: des_random_key         basically a wrapper for RAND_bytes?

Probably correct.

> Which would imply that OpenSSL des_random_key and Heimdal
> des_new_random_key are indeed interchangeable.

As long as it produces good random bytes, it should be ok.

/Johan

References:
- heimdal and OpenSSL
  - From: "Jacques A. Vidrine" <n@nectar.com>
- Re: heimdal and OpenSSL
  - From: GOMBAS Gabor <gombasg@inf.elte.hu>
- Re: heimdal and OpenSSL
  - From: "Jacques A. Vidrine" <n@nectar.com>
- Re: heimdal and OpenSSL
  - From: Richard Levitte - VMS Whacker <levitte@stacken.kth.se>
- Re: heimdal and OpenSSL
  - From: "Jacques A. Vidrine" <n@nectar.com>

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