On 5/21/19, 10:45 AM, "openssl-users on behalf of Salz, Rich via openssl-users" <openssl-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of openssl-users@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
When I overhauled the RAND mechanism, I tried to deprecate this use of floating point,
in favor of just a number from 0 to 100 but was voted down.
If it's a sarcasm, I'm missing the point.
It *is* stupid.
In general, yes, it is.
Luckily, on a modern system with system-provided randomness to seed the RNG, you never need this call.
Respectfully disagree.
There are use cases when one wants to mix/add extra randomness from, e.g., an external source (that, for whatever reasons, is trusted more than what's provided by the system).
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