On Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:33:34 +0100
Kris Kennaway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> RW wrote:
> > On Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:52:07 -0400
> > kern.random.sys.seeded is just a flag that gets set to 1 on each
> > reseed. IIRC it's also initialized to 1 so it doesn't actually do
> > anything very useful.
>
>
RW wrote:
On Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:52:07 -0400
Lowell Gilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Robert Huff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
What is the canonical way to get data from /dev/random?
Specifically: having opened the file, how do I read the stream?
I'm currently using
union {
fl
On Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:52:07 -0400
Lowell Gilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Robert Huff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > What is the canonical way to get data from /dev/random?
> > Specifically: having opened the file, how do I read the stream?
> > I'm currently using
> >
> >
> > union
Robert Huff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> What is the canonical way to get data from /dev/random?
> Specifically: having opened the file, how do I read the stream?
> I'm currently using
>
>
> union {
> float f;
> char c[4];
> } foo;
>
> foo.f = 0.0;
>
> fscanf(rand_fp,"%4c",f
Robert Huff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> What is the canonical way to get data from /dev/random?
> Specifically: having opened the file, how do I read the stream?
> I'm currently using
>
>
> union {
> float f;
> char c[4];
> } foo;
>
> foo.f = 0.0;
>
> fscanf(rand_fp,"%4c",f
On Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:39:35 +0100
RW <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:51:02 -0700
> "Ted Mittelstaedt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > If you really want to roll-your-own and not use these functions
> > then you could read blocks from /dev/random and run
> > a Chi-square and M
On Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:51:02 -0700
"Ted Mittelstaedt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The canonical way is to use the functions random(), or srandom()
> or srandomdev() or arc4random() depending on what
> you need the random data for. /dev/random is really only
> useful for seeding these functions
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Robert Huff
> Sent: Monday, September 22, 2008 9:54 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: using /dev/random
>
>
>
> What is the canonical way to get data from /dev/random?
> Specifically: having
What is the canonical way to get data from /dev/random?
Specifically: having opened the file, how do I read the stream?
I'm currently using
union {
float f;
char c[4];
} foo;
foo.f = 0.0;
fscanf(rand_fp,"%4c",foo.c);
simply read 4 bytes into foo
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