Re: Random not so random

From: Michael Fuhr <mike(at)fuhr(dot)org>
To: Harald Fuchs <hf0722x(at)protecting(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Random not so random
Date: 2004-10-05 13:23:32
Message-ID: 20041005132332.GB46855@winnie.fuhr.org
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On Tue, Oct 05, 2004 at 02:39:13PM +0200, Harald Fuchs wrote:

> I think we don't need the randomness provided by /dev/[u]random. How
> about XORing in getpid?

What about making the seeding mechanism and perhaps random()'s
behavior configurable?

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Michael Fuhr
http://www.fuhr.org/~mfuhr/

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