Re: Re: Improving mt_rand() seed
| From: | Lauri Kenttä | Date: | Thu, 19 Jan 2017 13:37:32 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Re: Improving mt_rand() seed | ||
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On 2017-01-19 13:46, Yasuo Ohgaki wrote:
However, PHP as a whole cannot work reliable way w/o CSPRNG and today's standard requires working CSPRNG, doesn't it?No. Why do you think that PHP can't work without CSPRNG? PHP is a general-purpose programming language. It can be used in a closed environment, even on machines without any network. CSPRNG is not required and should not be required. -- Lauri Kenttä