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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