cvs commit: src/sys/modules/random Makefile src/sys/dev/random randomdev.h randomdev_soft.c randomdev_soft.h yar

[Roman Kurakin]

Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:

>In message <200404100854.i3A8sa0w066414 at grimreaper.grondar.org>, Mark Murray wr
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>>If it is felt that further whitening of the VIA C3 RNG is needed,
>>then I believe that Yarrow would be overkill, and that a much smaller
>>hash function will be sufficient.
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>How about we recognize that different users needs different levels of
>randomness ?
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>Couldn't we provide at three levels of random bits:
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>	1. "Random enough for games"
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>	2. "Random enough for money"
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>	3. "Random enough for lives"
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How about computations?

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>Would that be feasible ?
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