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Re: Paul Vixie: Re: [dns-operations] DNS issue accidentally leaked?


From: Deepak Jain <deepak () ai net>
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:39:31 -0400

For one iPhone it reported 209.183.54.151 as having GREAT source port randomness and GREAT transaction ID randomness. However, despite the test reporting GREAT, the source ports were _definitely_ non-random.

http://5d93b9656563a44e4c900ff9.et.dns-oarc.net/



"Proving random" is not easy. Proving random that isn't done by certain methods (i.e. certain algorithms or certain sources of entropy) is easier.

Deepak


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