Re: Netscape "random" number seed generator code available

["Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>]

Jeff Weinstein writes:
>   More on the RNG stuff.  On Unix systems we look for ~/.pgp/randseed.bin,
> and feed it through the RNG hash.

You should search for the PGPPATH environment variable rather than
making assumptions about where it is...

> On Unix and PC systems we feed the environment through the hash, so
> that would be a good place for a concerned user to put some random
> stuff of their own.

Not a bad idea, but not a substitute for extracting enough bits of
entropy on your own...

Perry