Re: mktemp() patch

[Mark Murray]

> 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?

Huh? -1 is a constant, not random. Pass your data through _random_ bits,
XORing it with them, and you have unbreakable crypto (one-time-pad) if you
make a record of the random bits (the key).

M
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