On Sun, Feb 02, 2003 at 22:19:33 +0000, Mark Murray wrote: > > 1) Implementing random(3) with RC4 is not needed, its algorithm is > > already equal or better. > > Rubbish. :-) RC4's internal state is 256 bytes. In theory, its > cycle-of-repetition is 2^(8*256) bits.
This is comparable with random() TYPE4 which internal state is 252 bytes. -- Andrey A. Chernov http://ache.pp.ru/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
