Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 12:15:55 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@nagual.pp.ru> Cc: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libc/stdlib rand.3 rand.c Message-ID: <20010424121555.D89819@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20010424220826.A85409@nagual.pp.ru>; from ache@nagual.pp.ru on Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 10:08:27PM %2B0400 References: <200104230229.f3N2TA082491@freefall.freebsd.org> <200104241743.NAA97478@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> <20010424220826.A85409@nagual.pp.ru>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 10:08:27PM +0400, Andrey A. Chernov wrote: > On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 13:43:33 -0400, Garrett Wollman wrote: > > <<On Sun, 22 Apr 2001 19:29:10 -0700 (PDT), "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@FreeBSD.org> said: > > > > > Add sranddev() since srand() is not vary much with seed, typical time > > > > This seems utterly pointless to me. The only reason that any program > > would use rand()/srand() is because those are the official interfaces > > specified in ISO 9899. No program would ever use an sranddev() > > interface; if strict ISO 9899 conformance is not necessary, a better > > PRNG (such as random() or arc4random()) would have been used. > > 1) It is useful for quick-fix 3rd-party programs without complex > patches replacing with random() or arc4random(). Could you give an example where it's difficult to replace rand() with random() or arc4random()? I've never encountered one. Kris [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE65dDqWry0BWjoQKURAtWxAKCWrnPP/3xoTLx0c5eufKU2ckAPrACfb6T/ 7Ym3YJvfuZ/GdRSKJfTTUc4= =kZu3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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