diff options
| -rw-r--r-- | loginutils/passwd.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/loginutils/passwd.c b/loginutils/passwd.c index a062596b4..c28e9b80e 100644 --- a/loginutils/passwd.c +++ b/loginutils/passwd.c @@ -34,10 +34,15 @@ static void crypt_make_salt(char *p, int cnt) x += getpid() + time(NULL) + clock(); do { - /* x = (x*1664525 + 1013904223) mod 2^32 generator is lame + /* x = (x*1664525 + 1013904223) % 2^32 generator is lame * (low-order bit is not "random", etc...), * but for our purposes it is good enough */ x = x*1664525 + 1013904223; + /* BTW, Park and Miller's "minimal standard generator" is + * x = x*16807 % ((2^31)-1) + * It has no problem with visibly alternating lowest bit + * but is also weak in cryptographic sense + needs div, + * which needs more code (and slower) on many CPUs */ *p++ = i64c(x >> 16); *p++ = i64c(x >> 22); } while (--cnt); |