[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 03:55:05PM -0700, David Brown spake thusly: >> Can this CPU implement a decent hash once a minute? If so, and it >> still gets decent power, that would be the easiest way, and there >> would be less likelihood of patent issues. > > It isn't just a hash you need. You need a unique value that nobody else can > predict. What are you going to hash that would produce such a thing?
A keyed hash does use a secret http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMAC >.. Regards, ..jim -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
