Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S271415AbTHRMNR (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Aug 2003 08:13:17 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S271423AbTHRMMH (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Aug 2003 08:12:07 -0400 Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.224.249]:41674 "EHLO main.gmane.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S271415AbTHRMLm (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Aug 2003 08:11:42 -0400 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: mru@users.sourceforge.net (=?iso-8859-1?q?M=E5ns_Rullg=E5rd?=) Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] Make cryptoapi non-optional? Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 14:11:39 +0200 Message-ID: References: <20030818004313.T3708@schatzie.adilger.int> <20030818115954.GA7147@mail.jlokier.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org User-Agent: Gnus/5.1002 (Gnus v5.10.2) XEmacs/21.4 (Rational FORTRAN, linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:YHYQi5SPyRF7E7tmXrzDnxqDCTk= Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 796 Lines: 16 Jamie Lokier writes: >> now if you can repeatably get the same number then you probably have a bug >> in the random number code, but if you need uniqueness you need something >> else. > > Can you think of another, reliable, source of uniqueness? You could use your geographical position and the exact time, both easily available with GPS. In case several machines are within the GPS resolution, you could add some more parameters that would typically be different, such as network address. -- M?ns Rullg?rd mru@users.sf.net - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/