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Re: A strange function behaviour in random password generator

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From: PJ Weisberg <pj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: A strange function behaviour in random password generator
Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2010 23:06:53 -0800
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On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 5:15 AM,  <nix@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi, I have just coded a random password generator. It works good but one
> might want to show me how to do it with rand48() as itæ output is
> strange.

The fundamental problem is that you're writing your own security code,
which is almost always a terrible idea.

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