On Tue, 27 Nov 2001, Teodor Cimpoesu wrote:

> I guess it gets entropy from /dev/[u]random, but when it is exhausted it
> cannot do much but to wait for more entropy.

Wrong guess, it does not. It gets it from time() and the php_combined_lcg
(which is feeded by the the PID/thread id and some time value).

Derick


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