Re: GnuPG 1.4.8 for VMS

In message <2ee4ba40-c13f-429d-a4a8-4cd681415d66@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
IanMiller <gxys@xxxxxxx> writes:
The hP GnuPG 1.4-7 kit was announced waaay back on 7th December. Don't
you read the news :-)

http://www.openvms.org/stories.php?story=07/12/15/1976734

I see they lifted code to seed the random number generator from my 9 years old
SSH server. Relative to the effort the other platforms go to get a good
accumulation of entropy, output from a few $GETJPI calls seems kind of
inadequate.

I've come up with my own rndvms.c module, that hopefully is somewhat more
robust, packed in the zip archive:

http://www.ecr6.ohio-state.edu/~jonesd/gpg-mods_1.zip



David L. Jones | Phone: (614) 271-6718
Ohio State University | Internet:
140 W. 19th St. | jonesd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Columbus, OH 43210 | vman+@xxxxxxx

Disclaimer: I'm looking for marbles all day long.
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