Re: Plea for a new public OpenSSL RNG API
Benjamin Kaduk via openssl-dev <[email protected]> Tue, 29 Aug 2017 13:52:18 -0500
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On 08/29/2017 01:50 PM, Blumenthal, Uri - 0553 - MITLL wrote: > IMHO this interface is a way for the user to improve the quality of the randomness it would get from the given RNG, *not* to replace (or diminish) its other sources. My proposal is to abolish this parameter, especially since now it is simply ignored (and IMHO – for a good reason). That's a fine proposal ... it just can't be implemented until a major release boundary, when our ABI stability policy permits such breaking changes. -Ben -- openssl-dev mailing list To unsubscribe: https://mta.openssl.org/mailman/listinfo/openssl-dev