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To: "Steven M. Bellovin" <smb@research.att.com>
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Subject: Re: replace kernel random number function 
From: itojun@iijlab.net
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 09:25:46 +0900
Message-ID: <7475.972260746@coconut.itojun.org>


>Where will you get the seeds?  That's the really hard part.

	i thought of reseeding by rnd(4) random number device, like
	every N seconds.

>The right thing to do would be to port yarrow (see www.counterpane.com, 
>though I don't have the link available just now and I'm offline when 
>writing this).  Unfortunately, it's filled with lots of DLL-ish things.

	hmm, i'm sure we can strip DLL-ish part off.

itojun