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2016-01-26

2016-01-26 22:06:37 by Henrik Grubbström (Grubba) <grubba@grubba.org>

CHANGES: Fixed some typos in the description of Random.

35:   o Random rewrite       The random functions have been rewritten to ensure security by -  default. random_string() and random() now gets its data directly -  from the operating system random generator, e.g. /dev/urandom on -  unix. This is about half the speed compared with the random_string -  function in Pike 8.0, but is now as secure as the system random -  generator. +  default. random_string() and random() now get their data directly +  from the operating system random generator, i.e. /dev/urandom on +  most unixen. This is about half the speed compared with the +  random_string function in Pike 8.0, but is now as secure as the +  system random generator.       For consumers of random data that have additional requirements,    different random generators are exposed in the new module -  Random. The module have the following generators. +  Random. The module has the following generators:       - Random.Interface   
64:       - Random.Deterministic    -  This generator cretes the same sequence of random numbers for a +  This generator creates the same sequence of random numbers for a    given seed, with good pseudo random properties.       - Random.Hardware    -  This generator accesses he hardware random generator, when +  This generator accesses the hardware random generator, when    available.       - Random.Fast       This generator takes entropy from the Random.System, but feeds -  that into a cryptographic pseudo random number generator to be +  it into a cryptographic pseudo random number generator to be    able to output data fast. This is not the default random number -  generator to avoid loading crypto code all the times. +  generator to avoid loading crypto code all the time.    -  Comparing the different generators with eachother gives the -  following approximate speeds on a Linux system with hardware random -  support. +  Comparing the different generators with each other gives the +  following approximate speeds on a Linux system with hardware +  random support:       Random.System 1.0    Pike 8.0 random_string 0.45