Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 14:55:52 -0800 (PST) From: Kelly Yancey <kbyanc@posi.net> To: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> Cc: "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@nagual.pp.ru>, Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org>, <des@FreeBSD.org>, <cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org>, <cvs-all@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libpam/modules/pam_unix pam_unix.c Message-ID: <20020205145352.W20355-100000@gateway.posi.net> In-Reply-To: <200202052220.g15MKps32595@greenpeace.grondar.org>
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On Tue, 5 Feb 2002, Mark Murray wrote:
> > 2) Have the same speed compared to random() (or even faster)
>
> It is three times slower, according to a cheap benchmark.
>
This should be a non-issue. How often does a program need to authenticate?
I should think it is more important to follow POLA and preserve random()'s
state across library calls.
Kelly
kbyanc@{posi.net,FreeBSD.org}
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