OpenBSD Refuses to Fix Pseudo-Random Number Generator Weakness

By bche at 10:57 pm on February 10, 2008Comments Off on OpenBSD Refuses to Fix Pseudo-Random Number Generator Weakness

According to an article from Slashdot, a serious weakness in the random number generator provided by OpenBDS has been found. It is apparently also used in several other BSD operating systems. Some of them has released a fix or are planning to release one. However, OpenBSD refuses to fix it, stating that the problem is irrelevant in the real world.

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