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Re: CVS commit: src/sbin/newfs



David Laight <dsl%netbsd.org@localhost> writes:
> Module Name:  src
> Committed By: dsl
> Date:         Wed Sep  3 17:09:01 UTC 2003
> 
> Modified Files:
>       src/sbin/newfs: mkfs.c
> 
> Log Message:
> Randomise di_igen for the first 2 blocks of inodes for non-UFS2 filesystems.
> Randomise di_igen for "/" (and lost+found) for UFS2 filesystems.

Am I correct in stating you are using random() for this!? random() is
not even remotely secure enough for a security critical purpose. Its a
linear congruential generator, and not even a good one.

Perry



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