[Cryptech Tech] Seeking comments on a proposal for changes to the Cryptech RNG design.

Joachim Strömbergson joachim.strombergson at assured.se
Fri Mar 23 11:38:52 UTC 2018


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Aloha!

Peter Gutmann wrote:
> It doesn't matter what you use since it's being used as a PRF, not
> through a need for collision resistance or some similar property.
> Anything will do. Many years ago (20+) I had a discussion with a
> cryptographer who strongly extolled the virtues of CRC32 as a mixing
> function, for reasons that have faded with time and even then seemed
> a bit theoretical to me.
> 
> In any case this is one thing you really don't need to worry about.

Good to know, thank you for feedback. This makes the work easier since I
just have to focus on minimizing changes.

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Med vänlig hälsning, Yours

Joachim Strömbergson - Assured AB
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