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Re: maradns reproducibility fixes and the merits of picking a random num
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Liliana Marie Prikler |
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Re: maradns reproducibility fixes and the merits of picking a random number |
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Wed, 08 Jun 2022 21:43:15 +0200 |
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Am Montag, dem 06.06.2022 um 18:49 -0700 schrieb Vagrant Cascadian:
> p.s. Obviously, I picked the best random number.
I beg to differ.
> +-RandomPrime: RandomPrime.c
> +- $(CC) -O3 -o RandomPrime RandomPrime.c
> +-
> +-DwRandPrime.h: RandomPrime
> +- if [ -e /dev/urandom ] ; then ./RandomPrime > DwRandPrime.h ;
> fi
> ++DwRandPrime.h:
> ++ echo '#define MUL_CONSTANT 1238145941' > DwRandPrime.h
This does not satisfy requirement #221: chosen by a fair dice roll.
Randomness can therefore not be guaranteed.
Re: maradns reproducibility fixes and the merits of picking a random number, Ludovic Courtès, 2022/06/07
Re: maradns reproducibility fixes and the merits of picking a random number, Arun Isaac, 2022/06/08
Re: maradns reproducibility fixes and the merits of picking a random number,
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