> Short summary:
> More and more programs (eg
> CGI-Scripts) use the PID as pseudo-random number.
> As this isn't really
> random and easily guessed from the outside (esp. with
> daemons loaded while
> booting) it's a little bit troublesome.
Seems to me these programs needs fixing then!
You usually don't need a pseudo-random generator
at all, because you can get better random numbers
from /dev/random (or /dev/urandom) anyway.
If you really need a seed for a repeatable
pseudo-random generator, consider pulling the seed from
/dev/random.
Helge Hafting
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