Stuart Lamble <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Oct 7, 2026, at 09:25, Theo de Raadt wrote: > > warning: rand() may return deterministic values, is that what > > you want? > > > > In this day and age, wow. > > It also comes out when compiling Kea. I haven’t had the time to look into it > and figure out if it’s a concern.
The existance of rand() in a binary is always a concern, unless it has been reviewed and declared OK. It is almost never OK. Using it is never required, those days are gone. I think you are saying it backwards. If it exists in a binary, it is bad and wrong.
