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From Michael Fuhr
Subject Re: Random not so random
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Msg-id 20041005132332.GB46855@winnie.fuhr.org
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In response to Re: Random not so random  (Harald Fuchs <hf0722x@protecting.net>)
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On Tue, Oct 05, 2004 at 02:39:13PM +0200, Harald Fuchs wrote:

> I think we don't need the randomness provided by /dev/[u]random.  How
> about XORing in getpid?

What about making the seeding mechanism and perhaps random()'s
behavior configurable?

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Michael Fuhr
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