When do I need to randomize?

[zd]

Hi!

I've read the documentation and looked at the examples, but I still don't understand when I will need randomizations in my program. (like the example with the random mouse movements)

Do I need to randomize when generating client/server keys?

If both the client and the server have the keys already (they are transferred offline) do I need to randomize each time before making a connection?

Thanks!

[Dimon]

You need to perform randomization when you are generating client/server keys and before you are making a connection.
When establishing a connection to the SSH server, random numbers for creating session keys (not client/server keys) are generated. These keys will be used in the data encryption algorithms. For getting random numbers, pseudo random number generators are used. Before using the pseudo random number generator, you should initialize it, by setting a start seed value.

[zd]

Thank you for the information.

If I can't have any user input for randomization (mouse movements, pressing keys, etc.) what can I do?

If I don't call Randomize at all, will the key generating and the session generating algorythms automatically call it?

[Dimon]

When you don't call Randomize, SecureBridge performes randomization basing on the system timer readout.