You might be interested in yet another PRNG implementation, called EGADS. According to its authors, it is an evolution Yarrow. More details can be found here : http://www.securesw.com/News/News.html#EGADS Yosi >From: Ed Moyle <emoyleat_private> >To: Josh Daymont <joshdat_private>, Ryan M Harris <rmharrisat_private> >CC: secprogat_private >Subject: RE: URL for Yarrow PRNG >Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 16:11:28 -0500 > > > for the Yarrow PRNG. You can find all the information you'll ned > at: >http://www.counterpane.com/yarrow.html > >I'm curious about the following: Does anyone know of an analysis of yarrow >vs. the openssl PRNG (or any others), both from a security perspective and >from a performance perspective? I guess openssl has had issues with >predictability in the past, and I've heard yarrow is slow. I'd like to >know if either of these "word on the street" statements have been >quantified in any formal way, so as to allow the community at large to make >an intelligent decision... > >On a related topic, does anybody know of any freeware or reference >implementation of the PRNG technique described in FIPS 186-2 that can be >used to validate independent implementations? >-E _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com
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