In "Re: lynx-dev lynx2.8.4dev.17"
[11/Feb/2001 Sun 14:27:38]
Doug Kaufman wrote:
> On Sun, 11 Feb 2001, David Woolley wrote:
>
> (quoting me)
> > > rand48 family of functions available. I have used this in the SSL
> >
> > As pointed out before, these should not be used for cryptographic
> > applications as they are invertable.
>
> I am not sure that I was able to follow that discussion. From the
> man pages of DJGPP and FreeBSD, it sounds as if random() is better
"The generation of random numbers is too important to be left
to chance."
-- J6, resident bot at the
Krey Neum Library.[*]
Sorry to waste anyone's time, but that quote's been running through
my head since this conversation started...
[*] Sends his best wishes to Marvin, btw.
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