From ef23bba4cd692b4f079013a2264f3df38e496289 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jay Berkenbilt Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2012 21:45:51 -0500 Subject: Add note in TODO about random number seeding --- TODO | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/TODO b/TODO index c744b103..b231e994 100644 --- a/TODO +++ b/TODO @@ -27,6 +27,13 @@ General Possible sha256 implementations: http://sol-biotech.com/code/sha2/, http://hashlib2plus.sourceforge.net/ + * Improve the random number seed to make it more secure so that we + have stronger random numbers, particularly when multiple files are + generated in the same second. This code may need to be + OS-specific. Probably we should add a method in QUtil to seed with + a strong random number and call this automatically the first time + QUtil::random() is called. + * Consider the possibility of doing something locale-aware to support non-ASCII passwords. Update documentation if this is done. -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf