Re: [RFC] RNG fixes
| From: | Tom Worster | Date: | Wed, 22 Jun 2016 14:23:18 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: [RFC] RNG fixes | ||
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On 6/21/16 3:23 PM, Lester Caine wrote:
Can someone explain why I should need 'crypto safe' random numbers when ALL *I* use rand for is to give a random order to content items on the page.I cannot.
Something more in sync with the shuffle and array_rand without the need to recode to actually use the array functions, or simply select an entry at random from a list.Similarly, when I randomize the time before a daemon next wakes up, I don't think random_int() is appropriate. mt_rand() is entirely suitable. And upgrading to a more efficient RNG like PCG would be daft. Tom