Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 16:31:10 -0800 (PST) From: Nate Lawson <nate@root.org> To: "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@nagual.pp.ru> Cc: Juli Mallett <jmallett@FreeBSD.org>, Kirk McKusick <mckusick@FreeBSD.org>, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sbin/newfs mkfs.c src/sys/ufs/ffs ffs_alloc.c ffs_vfsops.c Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0302141625390.39134-100000@root.org> In-Reply-To: <20030214221503.GA59673@nagual.pp.ru>
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On Sat, 15 Feb 2003, Andrey A. Chernov wrote: > On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 15:33:28 -0600, Juli Mallett wrote: > > Are the sequences for it also repeatable in the newfs case for e.g. the > > regression tests, where it is used unseeded? > > Obvious answer - no. > > BTW, this fix really fixes nothing for FreeBSD case because we already use > srandomdev() (for non-regression case). Speaking totally informally, arc4 is more secure for this purpose than an LFSR despite seeding the latter via srandomdev(). -Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-src" in the body of the message
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