md5 / randomness (Re: audio support for application interface with nanoBTS)

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Harald Welte laforge at gnumonks.org
Sun Oct 4 11:51:29 UTC 2009


one further note on the missing md5 file:

As it seems it is only used to generate a pseudo-random 32bit value
for use in the SSRC:  I'd rather not introduce a copy of MD5 for that.

There are two options to take:

1) simply use the same [not very random] method as we use for the TMSI

2) introduce a dependency to openssl and use that.  Given that nanoBTS
   also support OML/RSL over SSL/TLS, I think sooner or later we will
   have to add that dependency anyway.

Regards,
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- Harald Welte <laforge at gnumonks.org>           http://laforge.gnumonks.org/
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