[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] Make rtpenc.c SSRC randomly set

Reimar Döffinger Reimar.Doeffinger
Thu Jul 10 19:52:51 CEST 2008


On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 02:01:19AM +0900, Luca Barbato wrote:
> Michael Niedermayer wrote:
>> define "strong random number generator"
>
> a random number generator made so that you cannot statistically guess the 
> next number, iirc mt + a secure hasher should work this way.

Which - as I understood it Michael tried to explain - has nothing to with this
problem. So the obvious question would be: what use would there be for
such a thing?
Also /dev/urandom probably is still about the best you can get as long
as you do not need huge amounts of random numbers.




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