tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2863230275877451164.post3058612658887629297..comments2023-06-21T05:41:32.763-04:00Comments on Macintosh Security: iOS 7 Random Number Generator Not Random Enough:-Derekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01192230834913012760noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2863230275877451164.post-85548884714331917332014-03-16T14:25:08.532-04:002014-03-16T14:25:08.532-04:00Some friends were riffing off this article over at...Some friends were riffing off this article over at Facebook. The question is: Why isn't pseudo-random data good enough any more?<br /><br />So I brainstormed a list of a few reasons why:<br /><br />- Computing power has accelerated to the point where a dictionary attack on a password system can take all of a minute's time, and that includes using 1337-speak clever passwords.<br /><br />- Hacking is now a money making venture. The vast majority of malware and exploitation of security holes is directed at extracting money from someone or other.<br /><br />- Sources of actual random data are now accessible by the majority of computing devices, if only via their internal temperature sensor.<br /><br />- Pressure mounts for superior programming beyond the crappy C-whatever and OMFG Java languages we're stuck with today. They clearly are NOT adequate, and I don't give a rat's who disagrees with me. Memory management alone is in a catastrophic state in ALL current languages. THEREFORE, alongside this modern problem is the demand that pseudo-random is just as antiquated, get rid of it and get totally random.<br /><br />- 'Artificial Intelligence' is a total FAIL at this point. All we did was create far more useful expert systems. People go all GAGA over IBM's Watson, but there is nothing at all intelligent about it. It's only a terrific expert system. Therefore, again pressure on finding some way into the Jetson future all the experts imagined. Using pseudo-random data in infuriating from this perspective.<br /><br />Other thoughts?:-Derekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01192230834913012760noreply@blogger.com