attacks on Linxu RNG (paper)

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I didn't not write this.  I've given up trying to convince people of the
problems with the Linux RNG long ago.

http://eprint.iacr.org/2006/086

It's worth mentioning that they said using a simpler RNG would have been
better than using the RNG we have now.  That's almost insulting.

JLC

ps.  My out-of-date Fortuna RNG page: http://jlcooke.ca/random/

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