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Message-ID: <200311271417.04309.dmuell@gmx.net> From: dmuell at gmx.net (Dirk Mueller) Subject: Attacks based on predictable process IDs?? On Thursday 27 November 2003 09:26, Wojciech Purczynski wrote: > 15 bits of randomness isn't sufficient to prevent guessing its value. current linux kernels provide more than 15bit pids ( I think its 30 or 31bits). Not much more, but it makes it slightly more difficult.