Subject: Re: rpc xid randomness
To: der Mouse <mouse@Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA>
From: Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino <itojun@itojun.org>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 09/08/2003 19:50:58
to summarize,
- the currently-committed code is not good. it is not resistant to
number reuse/duplication.
- sequential number with time.tv_sec initialization is resistant to
number reuse/duplication, if we don't set date(1).
- niels' generator is resistant to number reuse/duplcation, and probably
there's no chance for duplication on reboot (due to the use of random
number as initialization)
now, may i commit?
itojun