This is a discussion on Re: ksh's ${RANDOM} within the mailing.openbsd.tech forums, part of the OpenBSD category; --> Dixitur illum weerd@weirdnet.nl scribere... >After some discussion with a friend, it turns out that the default ksh >as shipped ...
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| Dixitur illum weerd@weirdnet.nl scribere... >After some discussion with a friend, it turns out that the default ksh >as shipped with OpenBSD has a ${RANDOM} which isn't very random : OpenBSD-current uses arc4random(3) until ${RANDOM} is first written to, then random(3), instead of rand(3). //Thorsten -- Currently blocking eMail from the following domains: bigpond.com, biz, gmx.de, gmx.net, hotmail.com, info, jumpy.it, libero.it, name, netscape.net, postino.it, simplesnet.pt, spymac.com, tatanova.com, tiscali.co.uk, tiscali.cz, tiscali.de, tiscali.it, voila.fr, yahoo.co.uk, yahoo.com. |