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[Discuss] [Cryptography] Entropy Needed for SSH Keys?



von Neumann gave all of use computer people straight jackets

On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 12:02 PM, Kent Borg <kentborg at borg.org> wrote:

> On 05/23/2016 12:03 AM, Kevin W. Wall wrote:
>
>>
>> I take it you mean this quote by von Neumann:
>>
>> "Anyone who attempts to generate random numbers by deterministic means
>> is, of course, living in a state of sin."
>>
>>
> Indeed. Great man.
>
>
> -kb, the Kent who (understandably!) thought it was Knuth--but that was
> wrong--and the Kent who wants to both sin and pretend he isn't.
>
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