ved...@hush.com wrote:
> if the randomness collected for generation of a gnupg session key,
> isn't *absolutely* random, then it may introduce a bias whereby the
> session key space can be theoretically be able to be attacked by a
> 'better-than-brute-force' method, by selectively concentrating
ved...@hush.com wrote:
[...]
> how much of a threat is this really,
> given the nature of how gnupg collects random data on the various
> computer platforms?
I don't have the math or crypto background to answer you definitively, but I
feel confident that *today* the difference between the randomn
if the randomness collected for generation of a gnupg session key,
isn't *absolutely* random, then it may introduce a bias whereby the
session key space can be theoretically be able to be attacked by a
'better-than-brute-force' method, by selectively concentrating on
the possibilities the bias
