In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
   Rob Kendrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dave Symes wrote:
> > Having Reporter on full time, a chap can see things going on that
> > before were of no consequence. So, I'm seeing, when using NetSurf.
> > "File 'System:Modules.CryptRand' not found". That in itself is quite
> > obvious,  but what I'd like to know is... What is a CryptRand module,
> > and if I'm running Netsurf, why don't I have it, and do I need it?

> It's a module for collecting random entropy and providing it to
> applications that require such, for the generation of keys.  I have no
> idea if the port of OpenSSL that NetSurf uses requires or benefits from
> it being available.  If it does, it will greatly increase the
> cryptographic security of any HTTPS transactions.

> B.

Thanks for that.
Dave S

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