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From: Hubert Feyrer <hubert.feyrer@informatik.fh-regensburg.de>
To: Michael Graff <explorer@flame.org>
cc: tech-security@netbsd.org, tech-kern@netbsd.org
Subject: Re: replace kernel random number function
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On 22 Oct 2000, Michael Graff wrote:
> > Will that give us random(3) -> random(2)?
> 
> No more than we have md5(2)  :)

and rijndael_*(2)?


> A syscall for that would be a bad idea.

Why - because passing the ammount of data between userland and kernel and
back is too much overhead?


 - Hubert

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Hubert Feyrer <hubert.feyrer@informatik.fh-regensburg.de>