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 -- Mark Murray iumop ap!sdn w,I idlaH To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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