Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2000 23:53:34 -0700 (PDT) From: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> To: "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: "Jeroen C. van Gelderen" <jeroen@vangelderen.org>, Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>, Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.ORG>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mktemp() patch Message-ID: <200006100653.XAA17619@apollo.backplane.com> References: <394124C3.221E61BC@vangelderen.org> <200006092002.WAA00773@grimreaper.grondar.za> <20000609155342.B33329@freebsd.org> <39417FA5.F260EAA8@vangelderen.org> <20000609232358.A38967@freebsd.org>
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:1) Just totally opposite: mixing random with non-random sources you'll get
:into collision much faster then with random source only. 2) Yet, of course,
:the code handles collisions.
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:Andrey A. Chernov
:<ache@nagual.pp.ru>
Think about it. If you mix a random number with a non-random number,
using xor, what you get is.... a random number. It's neither stronger
nor weaker.
-Matt
Matthew Dillon
<dillon@backplane.com>
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