More docs on rng issues

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Dominik Schürmann 2013-09-15 22:31:52 +02:00
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* copied from http://android-developers.blogspot.de/2013/08/some-securerandom-thoughts.html * copied from http://android-developers.blogspot.de/2013/08/some-securerandom-thoughts.html
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* More information on these Android bugs:
* http://blog.k3170makan.com/2013/08/more-details-on-android-jca-prng-flaw.html
* Paper: "Randomly failed! Weaknesses in Java Pseudo Random Number Generators (PRNGs)"
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* Sep 15, 2013: * Sep 15, 2013:
* On some devices /dev/urandom is non-writable! * On some devices /dev/urandom is non-writable!
* No need to seed /dev/urandom. urandom should have enough seeds from the OS and kernel. * No need to seed /dev/urandom. urandom should have enough seeds from the OS and kernel.