Re: mktemp() patch

[Andrey A. Chernov]

On Sat, Jun 10, 2000 at 09:13:30AM +0200, Mark Murray wrote:

Well, I tend to agree that it is not weakens random, but I not see any 
improvement too.

> That is a pretty fundamental theorem of Cryptography. My suggestion
> _strengthens_ the random number. All you lose is one bit if it

If it not weakers I can't see why it strenghthens.
I.e. you can constantly strenghthens generator with passing it through XOR -1?
If not, why any other value is better than -1?

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