Matt Mackall wrote:
>On Sat, Apr 16, 2005 at 01:08:47AM +0000, David Wagner wrote:
>> http://eprint.iacr.org/2005/029
>
>Unfortunately, this paper's analysis of /dev/random is so shallow that
>they don't even know what hash it's using. Almost all of section 5.3
>is wrong (and was when I read it initially).
Yes, that is a minor glitch, but I believe all their points remain
valid nonetheless. My advice is to apply the appropriate s/MD5/SHA1/g
substitution, and re-read the paper to see what you can get out of it.
The problem is not that the paper is shallow; it is not. The source
of the error is likely that this paper was written by theorists, not
implementors. There are important things we can learn from them, and I
think it is worth reading their paper carefully to understand what they
have to offer.
I believe they raise substantial and deep questions in their Section 5.3.
I don't see why you say Section 5.3 is all wrong. Can you elaborate?
Can you explain one or two of the substantial errors you see?
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