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-rw-r--r--usr.sbin/named/named/ns_main.c19
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/named/named/ns_main.c b/usr.sbin/named/named/ns_main.c
index 736b59bf112..c840b613366 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/named/named/ns_main.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/named/named/ns_main.c
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-/* $OpenBSD: ns_main.c,v 1.4 1997/04/04 09:07:05 deraadt Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: ns_main.c,v 1.5 1997/04/13 21:29:43 provos Exp $ */
#if !defined(lint) && !defined(SABER)
#if 0
static char sccsid[] = "@(#)ns_main.c 4.55 (Berkeley) 7/1/91";
static char rcsid[] = "$From: ns_main.c,v 8.24 1996/11/26 10:11:22 vixie Exp $";
#else
-static char rcsid[] = "$OpenBSD: ns_main.c,v 1.4 1997/04/04 09:07:05 deraadt Exp $";
+static char rcsid[] = "$OpenBSD: ns_main.c,v 1.5 1997/04/13 21:29:43 provos Exp $";
#endif
#endif /* not lint */
@@ -1687,11 +1687,11 @@ net_mask(in)
}
/*
- * These are here in case we ever want to get more clever, like perhaps
- * using a bitmap to keep track of outstanding queries and a random
- * allocation scheme to make it a little harder to predict them. Note
- * that the resolver will need the same protection so the cleverness
- * should be put there rather than here; this is just an interface layer.
+ * This just an interface layer to the random number generator
+ * used in the resolver.
+ * A special random number generator is used to create non predictable
+ * and non repeating ids over a long period. It also avoids reuse
+ * by switching between two distinct number cycles.
*/
void
@@ -1703,10 +1703,7 @@ nsid_init()
u_int16_t
nsid_next()
{
- if (nsid_state == 65535)
- nsid_state = 0;
- else
- nsid_state++;
+ nsid_state = res_randomid();
return (nsid_state);
}