Date: Mon, 7 Oct 1996 21:41:19 +0400 (MSD) From: "=?KOI8-R?Q?=E1=CE=C4=D2=C5=CA_=FE=C5=D2=CE=CF=D7?=" (Andrey A. Chernov) <ache@nagual.ru> To: hackers@freebsd.org (FreeBSD-hackers List), current@freebsd.org (FreeBSD-current) Subject: random() fix explanation to avoid misunderstanding Message-ID: <199610071741.VAA01397@nagual.ru>
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At this moment I saw several own people misinterpretation of the fix like "make random generator better" or "change random distribution", etc. Here the correct answer: the fix NOT change random generator, it change SEEDING bug. Due to this bug given states algorithm is useless! I.e. it isn't needed at all to have initstate()/setstate() things with initial weak seeding formulae, because it breaks all following calculations. Netscape story is some sort of analogy: poor random number generator there make useless following good SSL algorithm. -- Andrey A. Chernov <ache@nagual.ru> http://www.nagual.ru/~ache/
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