My version of Linux includes a /dev/random. Is there any way to use this to get better random sequences. When I cat this device, it looks like it runs out of data pretty quickly, but I bet it would make a series of fairly random seeds...
-Alan --- jordi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > El ds, 06 de 12 de 2003 a las 21:06, Jonas Maebe escribió: > > > As long as you use pseudo-random number generators, you will not > be > > able to generate sequences that are very hard to redo. They are > per > > definition easy to reproduce, even if you mix 100 different > sequences. > > If you want to encrypt something or authenticate, you have to > look into > > encryption respectively authentication methods, and not at > > pseudo-random generators. > > > > > > Jonas > > Ok, thanks. > > Jordi > > > _______________________________________________ > fpc-pascal maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
