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Date:      Sun, 02 Feb 2003 18:51:18 +0000
From:      Mark Murray <mark@grondar.org>
To:        phk@freebsd.org
Cc:        "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@nagual.pp.ru>, Doug Barton <DougB@freebsd.org>, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: rand() is broken 
Message-ID:  <200302021851.h12IpIaX049876@grimreaper.grondar.org>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 02 Feb 2003 19:32:50 %2B0100." <29596.1044210770@critter.freebsd.dk> 

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phk@freebsd.org writes:
> RC4 can be implemented in about 4 lines of C.

Yah. If you like writing obfuscated C!

> Anyway, last time we discussed this, I think we stuck with the rand()
> we had because we feared that people were using it's repeatable well
> documented sequence of random numbers in regression testing.

I guess those arguments are now moot?

> This is still a valid concern, but I don't know how significant a
> concern it is.

"Insignificant", IMO.

M
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Mark Murray
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