#1 — good source of randomness in wallet
| State | In progress |
|---|---|
| Area | Wallet |
| Issue type | Bug |
| Severity | Medium |
| Submitted by | Joerg Baach |
| Submitted on | May 13, 2009 |
| Responsible | Joerg Baach |
Last modified on
Jul 17, 2010
by
Joerg Baach
Right now the default pseudo random number generator of python is used in the wallet. There is no urandom, and python recommends not to use the random generator for crypto, which we do.
Added by
Joerg Baach
on
May 13, 2009 11:26 PM
Issue state:
Unconfirmed
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Confirmed
Responsible manager:
(UNASSIGNED)
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jhb
Added by
Joerg Baach
on
Jun 02, 2009 06:11 PM
Using the advice of http://www.math.sci.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/~m-mat/MT/efaq.html and Nils there is now sha-256 used to improve usability of the random numbers. Right now this is done on all platforms, even those with a good random source.
Issue state:
Confirmed
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In progress
Severity:
Critical
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Medium
The next step would be to use something fast, like e.g. mentioned in http://eprint.iacr.org/2005/165.pdf
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