Subject: Re: arc4random(9)
To: None <itojun@iijlab.net>
From: Perry E. Metzger <perry@wasabisystems.com>
List: tech-kern
Date: 05/28/2002 18:35:48
itojun@iijlab.net writes:
> arc4random(9) is stirred by rnd(4) number source. so it is not just
> another pseudorandom number mechanism, it fills the hole between
> /dev/random and truely-crappy random().
My problem is partially with the name. We should not be specifying the
algorithm in the API.
Perry
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