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+Fri Feb 11 17:44:40 CET 2000 Werner Koch <[email protected]>
+
+ * random.c (read_seed_file): New.
+ (set_random_seed_file): New.
+ (read_pool): Try to read the seeding file.
+ (update_random_seed_file): New.
+
+ (read_pool): Do an initial extra seeding when level 2 quality random
+ is requested the first time. This requestes at least POOLSIZE/2 bytes
+ of entropy. Compined with the seeding file this should make normal
+ random bytes cheaper and increase the quality of the random bytes
+ used for key generation.
+
+ * rndegd.c (gather_random): Shortcut level 0.
+ * rndunix.c (gather_random): Ditto.
+ * rndw32.c (gather_random): Ditto.
+
Fri Jan 14 18:32:01 CET 2000 Werner Koch <[email protected]>
* rmd160.c (rmd160_get_info): Moved casting to the left side due to a