OpenSAML user discussion

1.5_15 running under websphere 6.1

Edward Thompson

Chad La Joie <>

07/17/2008 08:03 AM

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Subject	Re: [OpenSAML]

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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