> > Sent: Friday, December 12, 2014 at 5:02 AM
> > From: "Theo de Raadt"
> > To: t...@cvs.openbsd.org
> > Subject: Want to help upstream software improve their random?
> >
>
> Not my business, but how do you handle cases of rand() & srand()-like
> calls from software like awk?
awk in OpenBSD has
> Sent: Friday, December 12, 2014 at 5:02 AM
> From: "Theo de Raadt"
> To: t...@cvs.openbsd.org
> Subject: Want to help upstream software improve their random?
>
Not my business, but how do you handle cases of rand() & srand()-like
calls from software like awk?
What is and what should be the res
12 дек. 2014 г. 8:04 пользователь "Theo de Raadt"
написал:
>
> In all of these code blocks are a well-known piece of information
> (same time on your machine as everywhere else) is being used to seed a
> deterministic number generator.
>
> At some later point, deterministic numbers are taken out u
Theo de Raadt wrote:
> In all of these code blocks are a well-known piece of information
> (same time on your machine as everywhere else) is being used to seed a
> deterministic number generator.
>
> At some later point, deterministic numbers are taken out using rand(),
> random(), drand48(), lr
> On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 09:52:46PM -0800, Eugene Yunak wrote:
> > Thank you. Are there any specific good libraries you know of?
>
>
> LibreSSL :-)
Indeed, if a system has LibreSSL, you will find the arc4random
family in -lcrypto.
On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 09:52:46PM -0800, Eugene Yunak wrote:
> Thank you. Are there any specific good libraries you know of?
>
>
> --
> The best the little guy can do is what
> the little guy does right
LibreSSL :-)
-Bryan.
> > There are libraries available which provide arc4random() on Linux, so
> > maybe you find an upstream software provider who is willing to create
> > a dependency on such a library on Linux.
> >
> > Lots of software is doing precisely that, so don't be afraid.
> >
> >
> Thank you. Are there any s
On 11 December 2014 at 21:43, Theo de Raadt wrote:
>
> > On 12 Dec 2014, at 5:02, Theo de Raadt wrote:
> >
> > > In all of these code blocks are a well-known piece of information
> > > (same time on your machine as everywhere else) is being used to seed a
> > > deterministic number generator.
> >
On 12 Dec 2014, at 5:43, Theo de Raadt wrote:
>> On 12 Dec 2014, at 5:02, Theo de Raadt wrote:
>>
>>> In all of these code blocks are a well-known piece of information
>>> (same time on your machine as everywhere else) is being used to seed a
>>> deterministic number generator.
>>>
>>> At some lat
> On 12 Dec 2014, at 5:02, Theo de Raadt wrote:
>
> > In all of these code blocks are a well-known piece of information
> > (same time on your machine as everywhere else) is being used to seed a
> > deterministic number generator.
> >
> > At some later point, deterministic numbers are taken out us
On 12 Dec 2014, at 5:02, Theo de Raadt wrote:
In all of these code blocks are a well-known piece of information
(same time on your machine as everywhere else) is being used to seed a
deterministic number generator.
At some later point, deterministic numbers are taken out using rand(),
random(),
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