> On Wed, 08 Jan 2003 19:37:28 -0800, Costin Manolache <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> The default is java.security.SecureRandom - and should give enough
> randomness. There is a change on head ( that would work with 5.0 -
> but it can be backported ) that allow you to use /dev/urandom ( or
> another source - it can be a pipe or something like that ).

what about "hashing" the random part with System.currentTimeMillis()
so that even the vanishingly small probability of a collision is
avoided?  Or would that be too expensive?

Adi

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