[Monotone-devel] Re: fatal: Botan::PRNG_Unseeded

[Lapo Luchini]

Nathaniel Smith wrote:
> > What else are random numbers used for? As I understand it, signing
> > does not use random numbers, but maybe I'm confused.
>
> IIRC signatures do include random nonces -- I think this is one of the
> things I picked up from Paul's rants about our cryptography -- but I
> could be wrong too.

AFAIR he was complaining about the very fact that we currently use 
signatures that don't, and proposed to change 'em =)

  Lapo