Re: This is a test
On Mon, 23 Nov 1998 19:30:05 +0100, Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen <nieuwen at XS4ALL.NL>
wrote:
>
>Yeah, yeah... ok ok.. so there are situations where we use set_rand () other
>than for debugging. You've proven that, but I dont think that was your
>original goal, was it ? For all current versions of Euphoria, set_rand ()
>will return the same value. Only watch out with alternative interpreters
>like Peu & (dropped) GNU-Euphoria, that use different libraries. (it doesnt
>yet provide a set_rand function anyway)
>
>Ralf
I do have a work around for this situtiation also.
You build your own random data/generator. You can then
use that stable random data on any platform for encryption
purposes. It would be roughly as secure a key as set_rand()
and would be gauranteed to work on any and all platforms.
You could even build this table using the current rand()
generated data. The idea is that once you build the table
of random data you never alter it. There many ways to
produce different random seeds from just one table. The
most obvious is offsetting. Offsetting is also the least
random like. I can easily go into great detail on this
subject since I have given it deep thought. I have also
come up with several other methods of encryption but have
found little practicle use for it. I see little use for
encryption even though I find it rather interesting.
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