Re: [RFC] frandom - fast random generator module

From: Theodore Ts'o
Date: Fri Oct 24 2003 - 12:55:20 EST


On Fri, Oct 24, 2003 at 05:37:44PM +0000, bill davidsen wrote:
>
> No argument, but the performance of urandom is quite poor in terms of
> speed and having every application generate their own number using
> their own possibly badly flawed algorithm certainly qualifies as
> undesirable.

That's what shared libraries are for....


- Ted
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