From: mru@users.sourceforge.net (Måns Rullgård)
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] Make cryptoapi non-optional?
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 14:11:39 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <yw1xzni76u84.fsf@users.sourceforge.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20030818115954.GA7147@mail.jlokier.co.uk
Jamie Lokier <jamie@shareable.org> 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.
--
Måns Rullgård
mru@users.sf.net
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-08-18 12:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 120+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-08-09 7:44 [RFC][PATCH] Make cryptoapi non-optional? Matt Mackall
2003-08-09 8:04 ` David S. Miller
2003-08-09 14:05 ` Matt Mackall
2003-08-09 17:39 ` David S. Miller
2003-08-09 19:46 ` Matt Mackall
2003-08-09 20:17 ` David S. Miller
2003-08-10 8:15 ` Matt Mackall
2003-08-10 8:32 ` virt_to_offset() (Re: [RFC][PATCH] Make cryptoapi non-optional?) YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / 吉藤英明
2003-08-10 8:30 ` David S. Miller
2003-08-10 9:02 ` virt_to_offset() YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / 吉藤英明
2003-08-11 18:21 ` virt_to_offset() David Mosberger
2003-08-12 2:46 ` virt_to_offset() David S. Miller
2003-08-10 9:05 ` virt_to_offset() (Re: [RFC][PATCH] Make cryptoapi non-optional?) Matt Mackall
2003-08-10 9:04 ` David S. Miller
2003-08-10 11:00 ` [PATCH 1/9] introduce virt_to_pagoff() YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / 吉藤英明
2003-08-10 11:00 ` [PATCH 2/9] convert crypto to virt_to_pageoff() YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / 吉藤英明
2003-08-10 11:05 ` [PATCH 3/9] convert net " YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / 吉藤英明
2003-08-10 11:07 ` [PATCH 4/9] convert drivers/block " YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / 吉藤英明
2003-08-10 11:09 ` [PATCH 5/9] convert drivers/ide " YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / 吉藤英明
2003-08-10 11:10 ` [PATCH 6/9] convert drivers/net " YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / 吉藤英明
2003-08-10 11:10 ` [PATCH 7/9] convert drivers/scsi " YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / 吉藤英明
2003-08-10 11:31 ` Christoph Hellwig
2003-08-10 11:51 ` David S. Miller
2003-08-10 12:03 ` YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / 吉藤英明
2003-08-10 14:54 ` Christoph Hellwig
2003-08-10 14:51 ` Christoph Hellwig
2003-08-10 13:54 ` Russell King
2003-08-10 13:55 ` Russell King
2003-08-10 14:55 ` Christoph Hellwig
2003-08-11 5:21 ` David S. Miller
2003-08-10 11:10 ` [PATCH 8/9] convert drivers/usb " YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / 吉藤英明
2003-08-10 11:10 ` [PATCH 9/9] convert fs/jbd " YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / 吉藤英明
2003-08-11 2:15 ` [RFC][PATCH] Make cryptoapi non-optional? Jamie Lokier
2003-08-11 2:38 ` Matt Mackall
2003-08-11 4:54 ` David S. Miller
2003-08-11 5:17 ` Jamie Lokier
2003-08-13 5:01 ` [Numbers][PATCH] " Matt Mackall
2003-08-10 14:46 ` [RFC][PATCH] " James Morris
2003-08-09 14:33 ` Matt Mackall
2003-08-09 17:13 ` Jamie Lokier
2003-08-09 17:33 ` Matt Mackall
2003-08-10 13:18 ` James Morris
2003-08-10 17:45 ` Matt Mackall
2003-08-11 2:09 ` Jamie Lokier
2003-08-11 2:35 ` Matt Mackall
2003-08-11 4:59 ` Jamie Lokier
2003-08-11 5:04 ` Matt Mackall
2003-08-11 5:20 ` Jamie Lokier
2003-08-11 5:54 ` Matt Mackall
2003-08-11 6:24 ` Jamie Lokier
2003-08-11 4:58 ` David Wagner
2003-08-11 5:36 ` Jamie Lokier
2003-08-11 19:21 ` David Wagner
2003-08-13 19:37 ` Jamie Lokier
2003-08-13 3:52 ` Theodore Ts'o
2003-08-13 15:44 ` i810_rng.o on various Dell models Jim Carter
2003-08-13 16:15 ` Jeff Garzik
2003-08-13 18:43 ` Jamie Lokier
2003-08-13 18:36 ` [RFC][PATCH] Make cryptoapi non-optional? Jamie Lokier
2003-08-15 0:16 ` Network Card Entropy? was: " Mike Fedyk
2003-08-15 0:22 ` Robert Love
2003-08-13 3:20 ` Theodore Ts'o
2003-08-13 4:06 ` Matt Mackall
2003-08-14 16:53 ` Val Henson
2003-08-14 19:40 ` David Wagner
2003-08-14 20:07 ` Chris Friesen
2003-08-14 21:36 ` Jamie Lokier
2003-08-15 0:25 ` Val Henson
2003-08-15 11:47 ` Jamie Lokier
2003-08-15 0:17 ` Val Henson
2003-08-15 1:45 ` David Wagner
2003-08-15 2:21 ` Matt Mackall
2003-08-15 7:30 ` Andries Brouwer
2003-08-15 7:40 ` David S. Miller
2003-08-15 7:55 ` Andries Brouwer
2003-08-15 8:06 ` Måns Rullgård
2003-08-15 8:11 ` Nick Piggin
2003-08-15 15:11 ` Matt Mackall
2003-08-15 22:16 ` Jamie Lokier
2003-08-15 20:22 ` Val Henson
2003-08-16 6:27 ` David Wagner
2003-08-18 4:25 ` Val Henson
2003-08-15 8:09 ` Nick Piggin
2003-08-15 15:03 ` Matt Mackall
2003-08-15 17:04 ` Andries Brouwer
2003-08-15 22:05 ` Jamie Lokier
2003-08-15 22:02 ` Jamie Lokier
2003-08-15 12:48 ` Jamie Lokier
2003-08-15 22:34 ` Theodore Ts'o
2003-08-15 22:12 ` Theodore Ts'o
2003-08-15 23:35 ` James Morris
2003-08-16 15:51 ` Matt Mackall
2003-08-17 14:37 ` James Morris
2003-08-17 15:30 ` Matt Mackall
2003-08-15 23:55 ` Matt Mackall
2003-08-16 0:05 ` Andrew Morton
2003-08-16 0:58 ` Jamie Lokier
2003-08-16 4:57 ` Matt Mackall
2003-08-16 4:38 ` Matt Mackall
2003-08-16 5:03 ` Andrew Morton
2003-08-16 5:39 ` Matt Mackall
2003-08-18 6:43 ` Andreas Dilger
2003-08-18 6:55 ` David Lang
2003-08-18 11:59 ` Jamie Lokier
2003-08-18 12:11 ` Måns Rullgård [this message]
2003-08-18 13:33 ` Jamie Lokier
2003-08-18 17:03 ` David Lang
2003-08-18 17:51 ` Jamie Lokier
2003-08-22 4:28 ` David Wagner
2003-08-25 4:29 ` Jamie Lokier
2003-08-18 15:20 ` Matt Mackall
2003-08-18 3:23 ` Theodore Ts'o
2003-08-18 15:46 ` Matt Mackall
2003-08-10 2:07 ` Robert Love
2003-08-10 3:14 ` Matt Mackall
2003-08-10 3:49 ` David S. Miller
2003-08-10 4:01 ` Robert Love
2003-08-10 4:07 ` Robert Love
2003-08-16 20:40 Adam J. Richter
2003-08-17 4:28 ` Matt Mackall
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