Re: Random number generator in Linux kernel

2005-03-08 Thread Darío Mariani
As far as I understand the kernel generates random numbers gathering data from several entropy sources, you will never get repetability from there. Two options I know of: 1) The standard C library has the functions rand and random, wich seems to have a decent distribution of the random numbers.

Re: Random number generator in Linux kernel

2005-03-08 Thread Darío Mariani
As far as I understand the kernel generates random numbers gathering data from several entropy sources, you will never get repetability from there. Two options I know of: 1) The standard C library has the functions rand and random, wich seems to have a decent distribution of the random numbers.