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Bug 23495 - Should an informative note mention that entropy is expected?
Summary: Should an informative note mention that entropy is expected?
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: Web Cryptography
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Web Cryptography API Document (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: PC Linux
: P2 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Ryan Sleevi
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Reported: 2013-10-14 19:45 UTC by Harry Halpin
Modified: 2014-01-28 00:08 UTC (History)
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Description Harry Halpin 2013-10-14 19:45:09 UTC 
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?
Comment 1 Harry Halpin 2013-10-14 19:45:23 UTC 
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?
Comment 2 Mark Watson 2014-01-28 00:08:23 UTC 
As discussed on 1/27 call.