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From: Kelly Yancey <kbyanc@posi.net>
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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libpam/modules/pam_unix pam_unix.c 
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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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