Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2000 09:31:49 +0200 From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> 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: <200006100731.JAA04819@grimreaper.grondar.za> In-Reply-To: <20000609232358.A38967@freebsd.org> ; from "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@FreeBSD.ORG> "Fri, 09 Jun 2000 23:23:58 MST." References: <20000609232358.A38967@freebsd.org>
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> > Then you will get collisions which you will have to deal with. I am not
> > familiar with the code but if we can handle collisions nicely then that
> > would be the way to go: 64^6 = 2^36 possibilities which is nice...
>
> 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.
Incorrect. See my other mail; ${RANDOM} xor ${PREDICTABLE} is random.
M
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