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Commit ef23bba4cd692b4f079013a2264f3df38e496289

Authored by Jay Berkenbilt
1 parent 4fe6f61d

Add note in TODO about random number seeding

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@@ -27,6 +27,13 @@ General @@ -27,6 +27,13 @@ General
27 Possible sha256 implementations: http://sol-biotech.com/code/sha2/, 27 Possible sha256 implementations: http://sol-biotech.com/code/sha2/,
28 http://hashlib2plus.sourceforge.net/ 28 http://hashlib2plus.sourceforge.net/
29 29
  30 + * Improve the random number seed to make it more secure so that we
  31 + have stronger random numbers, particularly when multiple files are
  32 + generated in the same second. This code may need to be
  33 + OS-specific. Probably we should add a method in QUtil to seed with
  34 + a strong random number and call this automatically the first time
  35 + QUtil::random() is called.
  36 +
30 * Consider the possibility of doing something locale-aware to support 37 * Consider the possibility of doing something locale-aware to support
31 non-ASCII passwords. Update documentation if this is done. 38 non-ASCII passwords. Update documentation if this is done.
32 39