tech-security: Re: NFS file handles are guessable.

Subject: Re: NFS file handles are guessable.
To: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
From: Angelos D. Keromytis <angelos@AURORA.CIS.UPENN.EDU>
List: tech-security
Date: 03/07/1997 17:03:00

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In message <199703071802.KAA14866@lestat.nas.nasa.gov>, Jason Thorpe writes:
>
>The last time I looked at it, it was not even close to being something
>that could fit into the NetBSD world, where there are a lot of platforms
>to deal with.
>

How about adopting OpenBSD's /dev/random ? If you don't like RC4, use
your favourite hash function (MD5, SHA, whatever).
- -Angelos

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