From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Yuri Khan Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Noob dumb question (extending emacs) Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2021 20:07:37 +0700 Message-ID: References: <86k0i6uoxd.fsf@duenenhof-wilhelm.de> <871r4ernmt.fsf@zoho.eu> <87o87hnrpt.fsf@zoho.eu> <87y26kkuag.fsf@web.de> <875ytnucjn.fsf@web.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="15064"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: help-gnu-emacs To: Michael Heerdegen Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sat Oct 23 15:08:33 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1meGlE-0003oX-Kf for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 23 Oct 2021 15:08:32 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:53690 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1meGlD-0007MU-DP for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 23 Oct 2021 09:08:31 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:58376) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1meGkb-0007M3-Vl for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 23 Oct 2021 09:07:54 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-ua1-x931.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4864:20::931]:40847) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1meGkY-0003un-1k for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 23 Oct 2021 09:07:52 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-ua1-x931.google.com with SMTP id e2so12864726uax.7 for ; Sat, 23 Oct 2021 06:07:49 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20210112; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-transfer-encoding; bh=3UKn2xCooknruO0uW3h8KF9dr40Fr9v+AuN3VCWXIR4=; b=h9JaI3R4dgSzbCsWYbmQxzGcoTdagzvlATbCuH9DVzKyo2aTpFDO7Y3KMJQOTjWdbD NVfkoNxuVoNAIXEpK+7gplmvenYRseLlqM4qg2SNHrKm3mnbQZisTXKMpjxLdc8W4N4K AzXpvUmRpl0p1h02zkxrygfs2alkPyw0WSzBRpe/Z+/PceznfobZQknjxG16r1fuhlok mYjAsQocOxS8u0NwIXQbD18zfP1SOPJm7bTaWXa5ibZ+4eIU0LUNKdzaJHud2kWcWM8r uFT8PztNuK14Sp8U/slCYxmBNLt/lOANdnfxJx+L6TDKpiSGkocmoEegdLwQPhf9KJqf gOzg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc:content-transfer-encoding; bh=3UKn2xCooknruO0uW3h8KF9dr40Fr9v+AuN3VCWXIR4=; b=JRVJKo7UmObSFgC8Ych45/8qzsaHuxi7Q7J9mXDXdp1stHUZ9QC7eBUqrrJeN9zq05 DbCqQ0CRdk19TUPKG5KH38Um3gfwQVR614KYgVRmP6qVg/RGp9dcnfw5aDIdy2yBvYCI Zk7hFEPz/JkBy3MtzK4pit9okH5Qg94FfNVoDcLD3u22DKKtTU/1cPl3kM5JTZ1UROgI /3bcEKTJdXhhEWHil+gG1UQeGl55HnvwTTIWw4x976dNgyrVCfnipPugiuVFbB0iGj6H rT0OkT7bXPgxqSc2CeJElsWV54zqa9zn9XXpKko57OIfFL9riK1fQkgpno8NBPbjrOha w8Gw== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM533xKX0vV87xnAp2LKAIz+znHq/P+i1+rDVEl2zEaMcLicVdNaa6 twiJnEw2Whequ8dbsYU9yai2nD7prfVzebgGBdzCm1LLqlg= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJyEm2OT/+MdrAAQg5i4IqcdqNMQmu0+O1mY3VNaHvr+i2fl+UynVC1ut4N4YO9PJB7lq5DVv/5dMhkJ34ath3s= X-Received: by 2002:a67:f84f:: with SMTP id b15mr6404591vsp.6.1634994468655; Sat, 23 Oct 2021 06:07:48 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <875ytnucjn.fsf@web.de> Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2607:f8b0:4864:20::931; envelope-from=yurivkhan@gmail.com; helo=mail-ua1-x931.google.com X-Spam_score_int: -1 X-Spam_score: -0.2 X-Spam_bar: / X-Spam_report: (-0.2 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_20=-0.001, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:134052 Archived-At: On Sat, 23 Oct 2021 at 19:55, Michael Heerdegen wrote: > > In Emacs, as far as I can tell, best case, the random > > seed is 48 bits. > > Is the random number generator able to use more than 48 bits of entropy? Not as far as I can tell from srand48(3). This pseudo-random number generator is not designed to be used for password generation and cryptography. It=E2=80=99s okay for simulations, games, network retry delays, this kind of things.