Thanks. I guess I should have did that first. My apologies. But I
couldn't find the answer to my next question. If the PRNG is already seeded
using the Crypto API, how many bits of entropy are used to seed it?
On linux, I make it configurable thru a call to
RAND_load_file("/dev/random/", iEntropy); // iEntroy = # bytes of entropy to
use
Is this correct for linux?
Thanks,
Ed
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
> Bernhard Froehlich
> Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 2:46 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Seed PRNG on Windows
>
> Edward Chan wrote:
>
> > Hi there,
> >
> > Just wondering what people typically use to seed the PRNG
> on Windows.
> > On linux, there is /dev/random. But there is no such device for
> > Windows. I've heard of EGADS, but when I installed the
> EGADS service,
> > I found it to be a huge memory hog. Are there any other options?
> > Note that I can't really use anything that depends on mouse
> and cursor
> > movements since my app is run on a server.
> >
> > Ed
> >
> On Windows the PRNG is automatically seeded using the RNG
> provided by MS Crypto API. For more Infos please search the
> archives... ;)
>
> Ted
> ;)
>
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