> > (So we probably should use the current time in addition to the PID to > get a > > general solution to the PID wrap-around problem even on systems where > > actual independent reseeding isn't possible.) > > The FIPS PRNG uses a combination of PID, a counter and a form of system > timer > for the DT vector which is used on every invocation (a requirement of the > standard).
Oh, good. (I guess it was before the NIST SP 800-90A deterministic random bit generator that we couldn't use PID at all in NIST mode?) Using the same inputs with the different PRNGs certainly would make sense.