Re: randomize source port

[Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost>]

On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 03:29:04AM -0700, Darren Reed wrote:
> If arc4random is too CPU intensive, is it worth using libc's rand and  
> seeding that automatically in the kernel as we do with arc4random?

It would be better to use the Mersenne twister or something like sober
as prng in that case. Both are cryptographhically strong PRNGs and can
be a lot faster than arc4random.

Joerg