Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2003 20:49:37 +0200 (EET) From: Narvi <narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee> To: "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@nagual.pp.ru> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: rand() is broken Message-ID: <20030205204853.H43637-100000@haldjas.folklore.ee> In-Reply-To: <20030202182009.GA66318@nagual.pp.ru>
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On Sun, 2 Feb 2003, Andrey A. Chernov wrote: > On Sun, Feb 02, 2003 at 17:30:48 +0000, Mark Murray wrote: > > > > Why not? Arc4 is a) deterministic and b) good for all bits. > > If you mean arc4random() function - not, because it use true randomness, > if you mean RC4 algorithm, probably yes, but we should compare its > distribution with our current variant and be sure that speed is > acceptable. What form RC4 distribution have? > arc4 is the "non-encumbered" name for rc4 that is not derived from RSA code > -- > Andrey A. Chernov > http://ache.pp.ru/ > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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