Re: lynx-dev Options, V.Links, random (was: patch 6 - UI Pages)

[Duncan Simpson]

As for a decent random number you could think of probing for /dev/random. At 
least linux and FreeBSD have such a device and is pretty good (MD4 of
various kernel tables and interupt counts on Linux, I think). Standard rando 
number generators are easy target given a few sample values.

I peronsally take the view that exploits like the one this idea is attempting 
to prevent should be stopped at source instead: detect the evil move and deny 
it. Anything less will be exploited by those with the right clues given a 
moderate amount of time.
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