[exim-dev] [Bug 722] Need a random number generator

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Author: Phil Pennock
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http://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=722




--- Comment #14 from Phil Pennock <exim-dev@???> 2009-11-16 14:06:31 ---
Created an attachment (id=351)
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Enable better randomness by default

srandom() is very portable, so enable its usage by default.
Enable arc4random() on the BSDs, as it spread rapidly after OpenBSD 2.1.

So with this added, systems not using OpenSSL will, at the very least, be using
srandom() to see random().


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