From e8734731d3b39cf3f7fa6acb055d22e0bdc2a7ff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Lutz=20J=C3=A4nicke?= Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 16:02:35 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Increase ENTROPY_NEEDED to support Rijndael's larger key size. --- CHANGES | 3 +++ crypto/rand/rand_lcl.h | 2 +- 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES index a3292d244d..f3f345ac10 100644 --- a/CHANGES +++ b/CHANGES @@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ *) applies to 0.9.6a (/0.9.6b) and 0.9.7 +) applies to 0.9.7 only + +) Increase ENTROPY_NEEDED to 32 bytes, as Rijndael can operate with + 256 bit (=32 byte) keys. Of course seeding with more entropy bytes + than this minimum value is recommended. +) New random seeder for OpenVMS, using the system process statistics that are easily reachable. diff --git a/crypto/rand/rand_lcl.h b/crypto/rand/rand_lcl.h index 866eebeffc..1d9670738e 100644 --- a/crypto/rand/rand_lcl.h +++ b/crypto/rand/rand_lcl.h @@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ #ifndef HEADER_RAND_LCL_H #define HEADER_RAND_LCL_H -#define ENTROPY_NEEDED 20 /* require 160 bits = 20 bytes of randomness */ +#define ENTROPY_NEEDED 32 /* require 256 bits = 32 bytes of randomness */ #if !defined(USE_MD5_RAND) && !defined(USE_SHA1_RAND) && !defined(USE_MDC2_RAND) && !defined(USE_MD2_RAND)