Allow user to enter additional custom entropy for seed generation (combine user-entropy with os.urandom() in XOR-like fashion)
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Description
With the NSA's shenanigans and also this fatal weakness in android there is cause to doubt the CSPRNG on many systems.
To satisfy this concern it would be important to allow users to input their entropy much like how TrueCrypt allows.
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Research direction
No file, test, or entry point is named in the issue. Start by locating seed-generation and os.urandom() usage, then review the security implications and expected input handling before defining the change; done should include a documented user-entropy flow and tests for the resulting seed generation.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- cryptography, security
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100