Thanks Dick. I heard about the the Intel RNG. Unfortunately, we may also run on AMD machines, in which case, this wouldn't be portable. But it might be worth looking into.
Thanks again, Ed --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Not exactly open source, but > http://www.intel.com/design/security/rng/rng-capi.htm > "Accessing the Intel® > Random Number Generator through a CSP for Microsoft* > CryptoAPI" describes > how to access the Intel *hardware* RNG. Might be of > some use to you on > Windows platforms. (I believe some *NIXs use the > same hardware to populate > /dev/random when on Intel platforms.) > > > > > > > Edward Chan > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent by: > cc: > > owner-openssl-users@ > Subject: Re: anybody using EGADS? > > openssl.org > > > > > > > > > 10/22/2002 01:13 PM > > > Please respond to > > > openssl-users > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Stephen, > > Thanks for the reply. You're absolutely right. It > does appear that I am not blocked indefinitely...it > certainly does take a while to gather entropy. I > was > using nBytes = 1024. Then I tried 512. Still very > long time. > > Any suggestions on what a number should be for > acceptable randomness? > > Does anybody have any alternative suggestions? Does > anybody know how Apache seeds the OpenSSL PRNG on > Windows? I think Apache uses OpenSSL don't they? > > Thanks, > Ed > > --- "Stephen G. Schoggen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Ed, > > > > I tried EGADS on Windows (PIII 866) and found that > > it's time to > > 'gather entropy' was noticeable beyond nBytes=4. > So > > if you use a > > relatively large nBytes, then it would appear to > > block. > > > > Steve > > > > > > >Hi there, > > > > > >Is anybody using EGADS on Windows? I'm having a > > >problem using it. I've downloaded the source and > > >built everything. The egads service is running. > > I've > > >written a program that links with egads.dll. I > > have a > > >function that tries to see the OpenSSL PRNG : > > > > > >bool seedPRNG(int nBytes) > > >{ > > > prngctx_t ctx; > > > int nError; > > > > > > egads_init(&ctx, 0, 0, &nError); > > > if (nError != 0) > > > { > > > > DEBUG_TRACE1(_T("egads_init() failed : %d (Is > > egads > > >service running???)"), nError); > > > return false; > > > } > > > > > > char* pBuf = new char[nBytes + 1]; > > > egads_entropy(&ctx, pBuf, nBytes, > &nError); > > > bool bOK = (0 == nError); > > > if (bOK) > > > { > > > RAND_seed(pBuf, nBytes); > > > } > > > delete [] pBuf; > > > > > > egads_destroy(&ctx); > > > return bOK; > > >} > > > > > >However, I seem to be blocking inside (presumably > > as > > >egads gathers entropy), but it seems like I never > > >unblock. Can anybody tell me what I'm doing > wrong? > > > > > >Thanks, > > >Ed > > > > > > >__________________________________________________ > > >Do you Yahoo!? > > >Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web > site > > >http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ > > > >______________________________________________________________________ > > >OpenSSL Project > > http://www.openssl.org > > >User Support Mailing List > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Automated List Manager > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > OpenSSL Project > > http://www.openssl.org > > User Support Mailing List > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Automated List Manager > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site > http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ > ______________________________________________________________________ > OpenSSL Project > http://www.openssl.org > User Support Mailing List > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Automated List Manager > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > OpenSSL Project > http://www.openssl.org > User Support Mailing List > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
