Timings for random

[Gary E. Miller]

Yo Kurt!

On Sat, 28 Jan 2017 23:18:01 +0100
Kurt Roeckx <kurt at roeckx.be> wrote:

> > rand() and RAND_pseudo_rand() are not random, just psuedo random,
> > thus not for NTP.  
> 
> I have no idea what you're using random numbers for, but if
> unpredicable is what you want rand() is probably not what you
> want.

NTP uses random numbers for three reasons:

1. To generate crypto keys: ntpkeygen

2. To add to the LSB's of time stamps as a nonce

3. To use as fuzz around very small time measurements.

The dirst is Python, the later two are C code that will be using only
OpenSSL soon.

RGDS
GARY
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