Re: Fortran, no RAN ?

On 2024-06-18, Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> wrote:

On 6/18/2024 11:49 AM, John Reagan wrote:

On 6/17/2024 12:40 AM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

On Sun, 16 Jun 2024 21:42:09 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote:

And on VMS x86-64 there should be the new SYS$GET_ENTROPY.

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That sounds like the right sort of thing.
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Just remember to get the randomness from lots of different sources.

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I've seen the list.  It is very long and, er, random.

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Those that want to know what it uses on their VMS x86-64
system should get some hints from:
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$ show entropy
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 And to think that when I was saying several years ago VMS needed this,
people here were making fun of me and trying to claim somehow that VMS
didn't need this in order to be "the world's most secure operating
system"... :-)
 I notice BTW that the VSI website _still_ does not have a security
reporting mechanism on its contact page, even after the recent comments
from VSI about security now being a primary focus.
 Simon.