Re: [tinydtls-dev] Secure Random Number Generator ?

[Olaf Bergmann <bergmann@xxxxxxx>]

Frank Gerlach <Frank_Gerlach@xxxxxxxx> writes:

> Hello list,
>
> Obviously, a good PRNG (or a hardware RNG) is required for protocols
> like DTLS and TLS.
>
> The default implementation is very, very, very weak. 
>
> EPAM could contribute a small, yet secure PRNG mechanism. 
>
> It requires just the 3DES algorithm and 16+8 octets of Flash memory
> (in reality a bit more, because the Flash must be written on each boot
> cycle and a single page may wear out before the device-end-of-life) to
> operate. Max Performance (octets/s) is much better than /dev/random.
>
> Are you interested ?

This would be great, especially because /dev/random is a very
Linux-Desktop-ish solution.

Grüße
Olaf