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Date:      Mon, 23 Oct 2000 19:58:30 -0600
From:      Warner Losh <imp@village.org>
To:        "John W. De Boskey" <jwd@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        arch@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/etc rc 
Message-ID:  <200010240158.e9O1wUV04437@billy-club.village.org>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 23 Oct 2000 20:43:36 EDT." <20001023204336.A46026@bsdwins.com> 
References:  <20001023204336.A46026@bsdwins.com>  <20001023195335.A45719@bsdwins.com> <imp@village.org> <10649.972343418@winston.osd.bsdi.com> <20001023195335.A45719@bsdwins.com> <200010232357.RAA11628@harmony.village.org> 

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In message <20001023204336.A46026@bsdwins.com> "John W. De Boskey" writes:
: * mkstemps() & friends don't really need crypto strength (or am
:   I missing something.

They do need it most of the time to make it harder to race.  On some
systems, this isn't an issue.

: * mfs requires randomness for the FSIRAND code. If crypto strength
:   is not available, will regular randomness do?

Crypto random is preferred here as well.

Warner


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