Re: [PATCH] crypto: implement new prng, Vegard's PRNG

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On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 04:12:43PM +0100, Vegard Nossum wrote:
>
> I realize that submitting a non-cryptographically secure algorithm to a
> crypto mailing list might not make too much sense. On the other hand, it
> shouldn't hurt either, and I've written this, so why not? I don't know
> if this is actually useful for anything at all, so this patch is more of
> an "it exists" rather than a serious patch submission.
> 
> The only obvious property of this algorithm is its fixed, known sequence
> period.
> 
> (Note: I didn't actually test the code either, so it could all be wrong.)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@xxxxxxxxx>

If we actually had an in-kernel user for this then I'd be more
than happy to add this :)
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