Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2003 15:35:04 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" <dev-null@NUXI.com> To: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.org> Cc: Bakul Shah <bakul@bitblocks.com>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: rand() is broken Message-ID: <20030202233504.GA33924@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <200302022123.h12LNhaX051805@grimreaper.grondar.org> References: <200302022057.PAA26422@tonnant.cnchost.com> <200302022123.h12LNhaX051805@grimreaper.grondar.org>
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[From address modified because I don't want every message in this thread to end up in my personal mailbox. I'll read them in the list, thank you very much.] On Sun, Feb 02, 2003 at 09:23:43PM +0000, Mark Murray wrote: > Bakul Shah writes: > > > Since you keep talking about random(), I must conclude you're > > > knee-jerking, since we're not discussing that function. Please stay > > > on-topic :-) > > > > Read through the thread. In particular see Mark's message > > <200302021532.h12FWWaX047973@grimreaper.grondar.org> where he > > says > > > > Good point. We can re-implement random() internally with arc4rand(). > > Quote it in context, please. > > That was random(9). KERNEL random(). > > However, the argument applies equally well to rand(3) and random(3). Please Mark, just leave rand(3) and random(3) alone -- other than to fix the single bug Kris reported at the start of this thread. Long-time Unix users expect them to work as they do now. The manpages state they are not cryptographically random. If someone wants a function of that type we have a good arc4random(3). To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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