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To: "John W. De Boskey" <jwd@FreeBSD.org>
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Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 19:58:30 -0600
From: Warner Losh <imp@village.org>
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In message <20001023204336.A46026@bsdwins.com> "John W. De Boskey" writes:
: * mkstemps() & friends don't really need crypto strength (or am
:   I missing something.

They do need it most of the time to make it harder to race.  On some
systems, this isn't an issue.

: * mfs requires randomness for the FSIRAND code. If crypto strength
:   is not available, will regular randomness do?

Crypto random is preferred here as well.

Warner


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