OpenSAML user discussion

[Chad La Joie <>]

I know some other people are using this on Windows and I haven't heard 
anything like this from them.  What JVM are you using?


 wrote:
> I am using the latest SAML2 library for Java.
> When I call the encrypt() method of an Encryter for an Attribute, it looks 
> like the downline code is using
> SecureRandom to generate an unique id for the Node.  On my XP machine at 
> least, this is a VERY expensive operation, and I find it spending 2.2-2.5 
> seconds
> in the nextByte() .
>
> Do others find this to be true?  Is there a way I can generate my own id 
> for the Node?
>
> SecureRandom is critical for key generation et al. but isn't it overkill 
> for generating a simple id?
> What am I missing?
>
> Edward Thompson
> Charlotte, NC 28202

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