A Quick Supplement

[Werner Koch]

On Tue, 18 Jul 2017 22:49, rjh at sixdemonbag.org said:

> random_seed is internal data belonging to the PRNG.

That is right.  However we always add at least 128 bit of fresh random
which would be enough - at least on all systems with /dev/random or on
Windows.  It is just that we are ultra-conservative and use a huge state
of 4800 bits.  The random_seed file gives an initial value to that
state.  From a pure mathematical point of view the 128 bits we always
add are enough.  For key generation we have even stronger requirements.


Salam-Shalom,

   Werner

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