OpenSAML user discussion

[Chad La Joie <>]

Sun or IBM?


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> 1.5_15 running under websphere 6.1
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> 07/17/2008 08:03 AM
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> 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?
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> > I am using the latest SAML2 library for Java.
> > When I call the encrypt() method of an Encryter for an Attribute, it 
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> > like the downline code is using
> > SecureRandom to generate an unique id for the Node.  On my XP machine at 
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> > least, this is a VERY expensive operation, and I find it spending 
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> > Do others find this to be true?  Is there a way I can generate my own id 
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> > SecureRandom is critical for key generation et al. but isn't it overkill 
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> > for generating a simple id?
> > What am I missing?
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> > Edward Thompson
> > Charlotte, NC 28202

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