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Re: Random not so random

Michael Fuhr <mike@fuhr.org>

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From: Michael Fuhr <mike@fuhr.org>
To: Harald Fuchs <hf0722x@protecting.net>
Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Date: 2004-10-05T13:23:32Z
Lists: pgsql-general 
On Tue, Oct 05, 2004 at 02:39:13PM +0200, Harald Fuchs wrote:

> I think we don't need the randomness provided by /dev/[u]random.  How
> about XORing in getpid?

What about making the seeding mechanism and perhaps random()'s
behavior configurable?

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Michael Fuhr
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