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2001 Mar 28
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arc4randomstir() in OpenSSH
I'm trying to understand the rational behind the arc4random() and
arc4random_stir() functions in the OpenSSH source tree.
On a system that has a good random number generator, say an in
kernel /dev/random what extra functionality is this stuff providing ?
Would it be acceptable to replace the calls to arc4random() with
reading from /dev/random and drop the arc4random_stir() all together ?