[PATCH] replace pseudo_random with standard random calls

Jörn Engel joern at wohnheim.fh-wedel.de
Thu Mar 17 13:17:37 EST 2005


On Thu, 17 March 2005 18:09:52 +0000, David Woodhouse wrote:
> 
> You could feed it in, but not account for it. Then get random bytes from
> the equivalent of /dev/urandom -- i.e. without waiting for there to be
> enough. But if you're going to generate your own pseudo-entropy and then
> get it back again, what's the point?

Simplicity, code size, speed, quality of entropy.

I'll give it a try and see whether it's worth it.

Jörn

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