[148072] in cryptography@c2.net mail archive
Re: [Cryptography] CD bootable Linux (was randomness +- entropy)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Thierry Moreau)
Thu Nov 7 13:42:34 2013
X-Original-To: cryptography@metzdowd.com
Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2013 09:54:26 -0500
From: Thierry Moreau <thierry.moreau@connotech.com>
To: Jerry Leichter <leichter@lrw.com>
In-Reply-To: <96CE28AA-8C5A-4FF4-B9A5-4419B20E1B4B@lrw.com>
Cc: Cryptography <cryptography@metzdowd.com>,
John Kelsey <crypto.jmk@gmail.com>, Watson Ladd <watsonbladd@gmail.com>,
RNG mlist <rng@lists.bitrot.info>, John Denker <jsd@av8n.com>,
Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
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