OpenBSD routes around POSIX
OpenBSD routes around POSIX
Posted Dec 11, 2014 17:40 UTC (Thu) by itvirta (guest, #49997)In reply to: OpenBSD routes around POSIX by mpr22
Parent article: OpenBSD routes around POSIX
Yes.
But it's hard to know if a given use of rand() is security-sensitive or not.
It seems the argument here is that this is an easy solution to a certain class of
possible problems. Certainly easier than actually going through all the uses and,
educating the coders and replacing the calls with something more suitable.
Supposedly computers are fast enough to use a better rng, too.