Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2003 01:30:43 +0300 From: "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@nagual.pp.ru> To: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.org> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: rand() is broken Message-ID: <20030202223043.GB68806@nagual.pp.ru> In-Reply-To: <200302022219.h12MJYaX052408@grimreaper.grondar.org> References: <20030202220128.GC68356@nagual.pp.ru> <200302022219.h12MJYaX052408@grimreaper.grondar.org>
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On Sun, Feb 02, 2003 at 22:19:33 +0000, Mark Murray wrote: > > 1) Implementing random(3) with RC4 is not needed, its algorithm is > > already equal or better. > > Rubbish. :-) RC4's internal state is 256 bytes. In theory, its > cycle-of-repetition is 2^(8*256) bits. This is comparable with random() TYPE4 which internal state is 252 bytes. -- 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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