Re: [PATCH] let Net Devices feed Entropy, updated (1/2)

From: Robert Love (rml@tech9.net)
Date: Mon Aug 20 2001 - 11:15:51 EST


On 20 Aug 2001 12:47:56 +0200, Martin Dalecki wrote:
> The device get's powerd up at a random time for the attacker.
> That's entierly sufficient if you assume that your checksum function
> f(i) hat the property that there is no function g, where we have
> f(i+1)=g(f(i)), where g has a polynomial order over the time domain.
> i is unknown for the attacker.

isnt that the case?

also, its not even that g completes in polynomial time. its that g is
not algorithmic at all.

-- 
Robert M. Love
rml at ufl.edu
rml at tech9.net

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