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PHPSeclib's backup PRNG (if no mcrypt extension or /dev/urandom) is nominally X9.31 | |
https://github.com/phpseclib/phpseclib/blob/master/phpseclib/Crypt/Random.php#L241 | |
except it uses CTR mode (or RC4!?) rather than ECB mode: | |
https://github.com/phpseclib/phpseclib/blob/master/phpseclib/Crypt/Random.php#L191 | |
So the first time through the loop, | |
i = E(1) ^ microtime() | |
r = E(2) ^ i ^ v = E(2) ^ E(1) ^ microtime() ^ v // this is output | |
v = E(3) ^ r ^ i = E(3) ^ E(2) ^ v | |
Note how E(1) is cancelled out in v - this is actually good news as it means that we | |
will not be able to XOR in later r's to cancel it out. So the security devolves to AES CTR. | |
However given that the intent was to implement X9.31, this seems to have happened merely by luck. |
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