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From: Nathan Binkert (binkertnumich.edu)
Date: Fri Feb 02 2001 - 12:30:30 CST

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    > jot uses random(3), which is a pseudo-random number generator with a
    > period of approx. 16*(2^31-1), hence the entropy of your password is
    > much lower than the 128 bits blowfish uses. If you're going as far as
    > entering such long passwords, you might as well create them with better
    > entropy, like using "openssl rand -rand /dev/urandom" or Diceware. :)
    >
    > http://www.stack.nl/~galactus/remailers/passphrase-faq.html#121

    Worse than that, the seed is generated by time(0)

      Nathan