On 12/30/14 08:46, Ted Unangst wrote:
RFC 864 specifies the chargen service. The RFC recommends a recognizable
pattern, but it was also written at a time when the internet was a
kindler, gentler place. A better recommendation for the modern
internet would be to produce random data.
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I always figured that the set pattern was the point, that is, it allows
one to verify that the network is transmitting without error.
I always think of
http://thecodelesscode.com/case/28
whenever one of these old early diagnostic programs is brought up
