Re: The Blum-Blum-Shub generator and a guessable seed

On Fri, 07 Apr 2006 09:02:53 +0200, Kristian Gjøsteen wrote:

Steven Jones <sjones@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
With this
information in hand, what can you say about the actual value of the 16
bits B_1?

It is obviously impossible to say, since it depends on the other activity
in the system.

Let's assume an ideal case in which you have a system with no other
activity. What could you say about B_1 in that case?

I can only repeat myself: If any entropy can be extracted from a system
timer, it is the operating system's job to extract that entropy and make
it accessible to the applications.

If you believe I am mistaken, feel free to argue.

I believe that you do not understand where the entropy is coming from in
the situation I am describing.



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