On Sun, Nov 1, 2015 at 2:02 PM, Tom Worster <f...@thefsb.org> wrote:

> On 11/1/15, 12:40 PM, "Leigh" <lei...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >On 1 November 2015 at 16:07, Tom Worster <f...@thefsb.org> wrote:
> >
> >
> >I don't have one.
> >
> >But if I may ask, I'm curious, as always: What happens in the case that
> >php_random_bytes() fails?
> >
> >Tom
> >
> >
> >That's a good point.
> >
> >session_start() would throw the exception generated by php_random_bytes()
> >letting you know your system is incapable of generating high quality
> >random numbers.
>
> I think that's entirely satisfactory.
>
>
>
> >However this is a serious issue in it's own right, the APIs used (and the
> >way they are used) really only fail if the underlying environment is
> >fubar.
>
> Agreed.
>
> Tom
>
>
>
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I'm very much +1 on this and willing to help if you need some extra hands.
:)

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