Yo Kurt! On Sat, 28 Jan 2017 23:18:01 +0100 Kurt Roeckx <k...@roeckx.be> wrote:
> > rand() and RAND_pseudo_rand() are not random, just psuedo random,
> > thus not for NTP.
>
> I have no idea what you're using random numbers for, but if
> unpredicable is what you want rand() is probably not what you
> want.
NTP uses random numbers for three reasons:
1. To generate crypto keys: ntpkeygen
2. To add to the LSB's of time stamps as a nonce
3. To use as fuzz around very small time measurements.
The dirst is Python, the later two are C code that will be using only
OpenSSL soon.
RGDS
GARY
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