Subject: Re: In-kernel random number generator
To: Simon Burge <simonb@telstra.com.au>
From: Michael Graff <explorer@flame.org>
List: tech-kern
Date: 12/07/1998 22:27:17
Simon Burge <simonb@telstra.com.au> writes:
> Just a quick check - has work stalled on the in-kernel random number
> generator? I don't think I missed an announcement, but if it's ready
> for the prime time, it should be uncommented out of the GENERIC kernels.
I feel it is, and wish it were. However, Perry believes that we
should instead use something based on Yarrow, but noone has
volunteered to do the work.
I use the random generator all the time. I see no problems with it,
and I have tested it as much as I could, with the usual statistics.
--Michael