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Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 07:19:11 -0700
From: Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@zembu.com>
To: Michael Richardson <mcr@sandelman.ottawa.on.ca>
Cc: Hubert Feyrer <hubert.feyrer@informatik.fh-regensburg.de>,
	tech-security@netbsd.org, tech-kern@netbsd.org
Subject: Re: replace kernel random number function
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In-Reply-To: <200010230258.e9N2wJ202043@marajade.sandelman.ottawa.on.ca>; from mcr@sandelman.ottawa.on.ca on Sun, Oct 22, 2000 at 10:58:19PM -0400
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On Sun, Oct 22, 2000 at 10:58:19PM -0400, Michael Richardson wrote:

 >   It might be nice for applications that want randomness to get it via a
 > system call rather via /dev/urandom, but I'm not sure that a system call is
 > better than a device.

Um, hide it in a library call?

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        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@zembu.com>