cvs commit: src/games/fortune/fortune fortune.c
Colin Percival
cperciva at freebsd.org
Sun Jul 24 06:39:37 GMT 2005
Andrey A. Chernov wrote:
> FreeBSD src repository
>
> Modified files:
> games/fortune/fortune fortune.c
> Log:
> My change, namely srandomdev() addition, was backed out even without
> discussing with me, and I obviously disagree seeing that afterwards
> (srandomdev() back out not fix any thing, it can only mask the problem).
>
> So, back out the back out and return srandomdev().
Approved by: security-officer (cperciva)
Any change which helps to make a security problem obvious is a good thing, and
a commit which (like revision 1.28) simply hides a security problem from users
is Not Desired.
Colin Percival
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