#434: MacRuby should use arc4random() rather than random() ---------------------------+------------------------------------------------ Reporter: jkh@… | Owner: lsansonetti@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: blocker | Milestone: MacRuby 0.5 Component: MacRuby | Keywords: security crypto ---------------------------+------------------------------------------------ Recent discussion in #433 pointed out a flaw in using rand(), leading to the more pertinent observation that anything wanting genuinely cryptographic randomness should use arc4random(). See man page for arc4random() for instructions on how to use it as a drop-in replacement for random() / srandom(). -- Ticket URL: <http://www.macruby.org/trac/ticket/434> MacRuby <http://macruby.org/>