On Sat, 4 Jul 2009, Michael S. Gilbert wrote:
hello,
it has been discovered that all of the major web browsers use a
predictable pseudo-random number generator (PRNG). please see
reference [0]. lynx is fairly basic, so it may not be affected, but it
would be useful to check nontheless. thanks.
lynx isn't using any of the features that are mentioned _there_.
It uses random numbers for initializing SSL as well as for temporary
filenames, and probably could be improved (though no one's suggested any
concrete improvements that I recall).
mike
[0] http://www.trusteer.com/temporary-user-tracking-in-major-browsers
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