[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH 1/2] avformat/hlsenc: fall back to av_get_random_seed() when generating AES128 key

Kieran Kunhya kierank at obe.tv
Fri Jul 7 02:34:06 EEST 2023


On Thu, 6 Jul 2023, 08:52 Anton Khirnov, <anton at khirnov.net> wrote:

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> We are not claiming that. We are claiming that the random numbers
> generated are (to the best of our ability, and that of the underlying
> libraries we rely on) cryptographically secure. This means suitable for
> use in state of the art cryptographic algorithms like AES.
> I do not think it makes sense to mistrust CSPRNGs, yet still trust AES.


Agreed, I don't think it's ffmpeg's job to get into a philosophical
discussion about the state of the art of random number generation.

Kieran

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