Re: random number generators - rand(), random(), etc

[Eric Blake <eblake () redhat com>]

On 11/07/2014 09:49 PM, jb wrote:
> Hi,
> could you please take a look at this ?
> https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2014-11/msg00143.html

Anything in particular we're supposed to look at?  Besides the obvious
fact that anyone using rand() or random() in a security-conscious
program should be shot, and therefore, any possible bug in the
implementation of these notoriously weak functions shouldn't have any
implication on programs that use secure random number sources?

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