Date: Sun, 02 Feb 2003 17:30:48 +0000 From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.org> To: "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@nagual.pp.ru> Cc: Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.ORG>, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: rand() is broken Message-ID: <200302021730.h12HUmaX048964@grimreaper.grondar.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 02 Feb 2003 15:42:58 %2B0300." <20030202124258.GA63153@nagual.pp.ru>
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"Andrey A. Chernov" writes: > On Sun, Feb 02, 2003 at 04:38:53 -0800, Doug Barton wrote: > > > > I think it's worthwhile to wait till we get a chance to try arc4random(). > > This is libc's rand/random, it can't be fixed with arc4random() as > designed. Why not? Arc4 is a) deterministic and b) good for all bits. M -- Mark Murray iumop ap!sdn w,I idlaH To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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