Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2003 21:20:09 +0300 From: "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@nagual.pp.ru> To: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.org> Cc: Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.ORG>, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: rand() is broken Message-ID: <20030202182009.GA66318@nagual.pp.ru> In-Reply-To: <200302021730.h12HUmaX048964@grimreaper.grondar.org> References: <20030202124258.GA63153@nagual.pp.ru> <200302021730.h12HUmaX048964@grimreaper.grondar.org>
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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? -- 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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