On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 4:16 PM, Niklas Keller <m...@kelunik.com> wrote: > Yasuo Ohgaki <yohg...@ohgaki.net> schrieb am Di., 18. Okt. 2016, 08:47: >> >> Hi Niklas, >> >> On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 3:36 PM, Niklas Keller <m...@kelunik.com> wrote: >> > Yasuo Ohgaki <yohg...@ohgaki.net> schrieb am Di., 18. Okt. 2016, 02:21: >> >> >> >> Hi all, >> >> >> >> I committed this patch that simply use php_random_bytes() w/o any BC. >> > >> > >> > Doesn't this throw now in some environments where /dev/urandom isn't >> > readable? >> >> It could happen, but such system should not be used now a days. > > > Sure, but it did happen that shared hosts block it, noticed during > random_compat adoption. > > You claimed there isn't any BC break.
The line should be "There is no BC for usable systems" Any file permission could disturb PHP script execution, couldn't it? I think it's nothing special for /dev/urandom. User should set up system correctly to use PHP. Then there is no BC at all. Regards, -- Yasuo Ohgaki yohg...@ohgaki.net -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
