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Date:	Thu, 02 Oct 2008 23:25:10 -0700
From:	Ulrich Drepper <drepper@...hat.com>
To:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
CC:	Kees Cook <kees.cook@...onical.com>,
	Jakub Jelinek <jakub@...hat.com>,
	Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, libc-alpha@...rceware.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ELF: implement AT_RANDOM for future glibc use

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Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> 16 bytes (say 4 vectors) is easier than "variable number of" both on the
> kernel and on the glibc side, and nobody other than maybe Ulrich
> and Jakub wouldn't know what to answer to the KConfig question anyway.

As Roland already wrote, I consider 16 bytes sufficient.  Everything
else will then be served via a PRNG which is seeded through the 16 bytes.

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➧ Ulrich Drepper ➧ Red Hat, Inc. ➧ 444 Castro St ➧ Mountain View, CA ❖
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