Subject: Re: kernel ip_randomid() and libc randomid(3) still "broken"
To: Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino <itojun@itojun.org>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>
List: tech-net
Date: 11/25/2003 16:03:13
On Nov 25, 2003, at 2:11 PM, Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino wrote:
> so we can either:
> - stop skipping random number of ids (n=0)
> - reduce numbers on the manpage to 1/3
> and then we are happpy.
I certainly don't see how adjusting the numbers in the manpages helps
anything if the resulting algorithm is less useful.
-- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>