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    <bug>
          <bug_id>23495</bug_id>
          
          <creation_ts>2013-10-14 19:45:09 +0000</creation_ts>
          <short_desc>Should an informative note mention that entropy is expected?</short_desc>
          <delta_ts>2014-01-28 00:08:23 +0000</delta_ts>
          <reporter_accessible>1</reporter_accessible>
          <cclist_accessible>1</cclist_accessible>
          <classification_id>1</classification_id>
          <classification>Unclassified</classification>
          <product>Web Cryptography</product>
          <component>Web Cryptography API Document</component>
          <version>unspecified</version>
          <rep_platform>PC</rep_platform>
          <op_sys>Linux</op_sys>
          <bug_status>RESOLVED</bug_status>
          <resolution>WORKSFORME</resolution>
          
          
          <bug_file_loc></bug_file_loc>
          <status_whiteboard></status_whiteboard>
          <keywords></keywords>
          <priority>P2</priority>
          <bug_severity>normal</bug_severity>
          <target_milestone>---</target_milestone>
          
          
          <everconfirmed>1</everconfirmed>
          <reporter name="Harry Halpin">hhalpin</reporter>
          <assigned_to name="Ryan Sleevi">sleevi</assigned_to>
          <cc>watsonm</cc>
          
          

      

      

      

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          <long_desc isprivate="0" >
    <commentid>94683</commentid>
    <comment_count>0</comment_count>
    <who name="Harry Halpin">hhalpin</who>
    <bug_when>2013-10-14 19:45:09 +0000</bug_when>
    <thetext>Informative note that the PRNG may not have enough entropy, and should fail (with error code) if the entropy is insufficient.

However, it is unlikely we can enforce this failure. Should we also mention the error code?</thetext>
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    <commentid>94684</commentid>
    <comment_count>1</comment_count>
    <who name="Harry Halpin">hhalpin</who>
    <bug_when>2013-10-14 19:45:23 +0000</bug_when>
    <thetext>Informative note that the PRNG may not have enough entropy, and should fail (with error code) if the entropy is insufficient.

However, it is unlikely we can enforce this failure. Should we also mention the error code?</thetext>
  </long_desc><long_desc isprivate="0" >
    <commentid>99222</commentid>
    <comment_count>2</comment_count>
    <who name="Mark Watson">watsonm</who>
    <bug_when>2014-01-28 00:08:23 +0000</bug_when>
    <thetext>As discussed on 1/27 call.</thetext>
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