On Jun 16, 2016 2:43 AM, "Fleshgrinder" <p...@fleshgrinder.com> wrote: > > On 6/15/2016 9:31 PM, Niklas Keller wrote: > > Quoting from PHP.net: > > > > PHP is a popular general-purpose scripting language that is especially > > suited to web development. > > > > Quoting from Wikipedia: > > > PHP is a server-side scripting language designed for web development > > but also used as a general-purpose programming language. > > But let use stop that now. I already wrote that someone should come up > with use cases for predictable random numbers other than creating > insecure secrets. This is the main problem that needs solving, people > using this stuff without knowing what they do. > > Keep in mind that anyone or anything (company) that requires predictable > random numbers for their software (e.g. game) wants to have more control > over distribution and ways to tweak it. Hence, they will directly > implement it straight on their own anyways.
No they don't all do it. There are ways to achieve what you want in a nice way while not breaking things. Let consider them. Cheers, Pierre
