Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2000 19:33:17 +0300 From: Alex Kapranoff <alex@kapran.bitmcnit.bryansk.su> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>, audit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: makedevops.pl and makeobjops.pl tmpfiles Message-ID: <20001124193317.D1028@kapran.bitmcnit.bryansk.su> In-Reply-To: <20001123134436.A36337@citusc17.usc.edu>; from kris@FreeBSD.ORG on Thu, Nov 23, 2000 at 01:44:36PM -0800 References: <14242.974995366@axl.fw.uunet.co.za> <20001123134436.A36337@citusc17.usc.edu>
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On Thu, Nov 23, 2000 at 01:44:36PM -0800, Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Thu, Nov 23, 2000 at 06:02:46PM +0200, Sheldon Hearn wrote: > > The perl5.6.0's srand() subroutine seeds the PRNG from /dev/urandom, > > so we don't have to worry too much about a guessable seed. In fact, > > the call to srand() shouldn't be required at all, since perl5.6.0 > > automatically calls srand() if it has not yet been called by the time > > rand() is first called. > > What libc function does rand() call? random(), by the sounds of it. It seems that perl on FreeBSD uses drand48(3) as a base for its rand() function. -- Alex Kapranoff, Voice: +7(0832)791845 892 hours before the brand new millenium... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-audit" in the body of the message
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