Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 09:00:31 -0600 From: "Jacques A. Vidrine" <n@nectar.com> To: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/astro/xglobe/files patch-random Message-ID: <20010226090031.B42108@spawn.nectar.com> In-Reply-To: <3A9A0D1F.BEC3ECA2@newsguy.com>; from dcs@newsguy.com on Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 05:00:31PM %2B0900 References: <20010225005813.A29124@mollari.cthul.hu> <200102260241.TAA07028@usr05.primenet.com> <20010225193157.A16118@mollari.cthul.hu> <3A9A0D1F.BEC3ECA2@newsguy.com>
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On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 05:00:31PM +0900, Daniel C. Sobral wrote: > I don't see the rand() algorithm as being bad in any way, unless you > stupidly try to use it for security purposes, like generating an > encryption key. Or unless you want numbers that actually look kind of random. See my previous posting about non-cryptography uses in which rand() was insufficient, for whatever reason. Cheers, -- Jacques Vidrine / n@nectar.com / jvidrine@verio.net / nectar@FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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