[Cryptech Tech] Comments on Alpha board schematics

[Leif Johansson]

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> 1 feb. 2016 kl. 05:01 skrev Rob Austein <sra at hactrn.net>:
> 
> At Thu, 28 Jan 2016 09:01:53 +0100, Randy Bush wrote:
>> 
>>> I think I've heard that some people are of a different opinion though
>>> - for example I think I've heard that some people want to always use
>>> "fresh" entropy for generating long term cryptographic keys
>> 
>> 'those people' would be the ones writing the code and are on this list.
>> they might comment :)
> 
> If it's me to whom you're referring...I have no real idea what grounds
> I would have for preferring fresh green entropy over vintage entropy,
> assuming that the vintage entropy has not spoiled while in storage.
> 
> I could go on with the food analogies at some length, but you get the
> idea.  What I care about is the quality and secrecy of the CSPRNG
> output.  Obviously the fresher the entropy, the shorter the window for
> its secrecy to be broken, but if there's any other straightforward

broken or replaced

> linkage between entropy freshness and key quality I don't see it.
> 
> [Jackson Hole got .66 meters of fresh snow in the last 48 hours, so
> don't expect me to be answering email promptly this week.]
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