17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
Brad Huntting says:
So if you cant predict which pages will land where in memory (which may be a false assumption), this is probably a good method for getting a random number on a unix box.
It might be a decent way to get *A* random number, but if you start milking this source too frequently you will likely start getting more and more correlation. Myself, I'm still in search of a decent, inexpensive, high-quality source for random numbers, and only hardware will REALLY do. Perry