On Feb 16, 2011, at 12:45 PM, David Wagner wrote: > Brendan Eich wrote: >> I'm happy if the answer is "all OSes, mobile and desktop, provide enough >> high quality randomness". Looking for data if anyone has it. > > Here's what I've been able to find. > > All desktop OSes that I'm aware of provide a way to get > crypto-quality randomness, including Windows, Mac, and Unix. > > For mobile OSes, it looks like the following OSes provide a way > to get crypto-quality randomness: Android, Nokia's Maemo, MeeGo, > iOS on iPhone, Blackberry OS. I can't attest to that personally; > it is based on the following: > http://security.stackexchange.com/q/2152/971
I'll add that the Symbian mobile OS also provides a crypto-quality RNG, as described at http://library.forum.nokia.com/topic/S60_5th_Edition_Cpp_Developers_Library/GUID-35228542-8C95-4849-A73F-2B4F082F0C44/sdk/doc_source/guide/Security-subsystem-guide/Crypto/RNG/index.html#Crypto%2erng%2eindex Regards, - John > > -- David > _______________________________________________ > es-discuss mailing list > es-discuss@mozilla.org > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss _______________________________________________ es-discuss mailing list es-discuss@mozilla.org https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss
