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From: karn@chicago.qualcomm.com (Phil Karn)
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Subject: Re: IBM-PC random generator, source included
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Surely Nico's algorithm is better than many existing techniques for
generating crypto keys, such as the Kerberos ticket server's use of
the rand() function. (If this is no longer true, I'm sure Jeff or
somebody else from MIT will jump in and correct me. :-))

Phil