Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2003 04:38:53 -0800 (PST) From: Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org> To: "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@nagual.pp.ru> Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: rand() is broken Message-ID: <20030202043722.E77226@12-234-22-23.pyvrag.nggov.pbz> In-Reply-To: <20030202123035.GB62977@nagual.pp.ru> References: <20030202070644.GA9987@rot13.obsecurity.org> <20030202090422.GA59750@nagual.pp.ru> <20030202091106.GA72723@rot13.obsecurity.org> <20030202102621.GA60900@nagual.pp.ru> <20030202123035.GB62977@nagual.pp.ru>
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On Sun, 2 Feb 2003, Andrey A. Chernov wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 02, 2003 at 13:26:21 +0300, Andrey A. Chernov wrote:
>
> > Workaround I find so far is something like that
> >
> > #define MASK 123459876
>
> I found nothing better. Here is fix for 0 problem I plan to commit:
I think it's worthwhile to wait till we get a chance to try arc4random().
Also, have you run the code you're proposing through the tests in the post
that David Schultz just made?
Before leaping ahead with another band-aid it would be nice to give this
some serious thought.
Doug
--
If it's moving, encrypt it. If it's not moving, encrypt
it till it moves, then encrypt it some more.
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