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Re: [Cryptography] randomness +- entropy
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Guido Witmond)
Tue Nov 12 15:27:01 2013
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Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 12:09:05 +0100
From: Guido Witmond <guido@witmond.nl>
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On 11/11/13 23:56, Jerry Leichter wrote:
> All that said ... I have yet to see a DSL or cable modem that
> *needs* a secure source of random numbers. They live at L2 and below
> and don't encrypt or decrypt anything. OK, they usually have http=20
> interfaces for management - which should really be https and they=20
> should come pre-configured with a certificate, as they come with a=20
> unique password.
My AVM Fritzbox DSL modem has IPsec VPN capabilities in it. I'm sure it
fits the requirement for a good random source.
However, it needs a Windows box to run a program to create a
configuration file. And it creates a new https certificate at each boot.
Regards, Guido.
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