--- In firebird-php@yahoogroups.com, Lester Caine <lester@l...> wrote:

> dleec45 wrote:
>
> > --- In firebird-php@yahoogroups.com, Lester Caine <lester@l...> wrote:
> >
> >>h02@m... wrote:
> >>
> >>>This is the craziest thing i have ever seen LOL
> >>
> >>?
> >>
> >>--
> >>Lester Caine
> >>-----------------------------
> >>L.S.Caine Electronic Services
> >
> >
> > What is so crazy about generating a random number for a seed in an
> > applicaation??? OR, how is it done in a less crazy fashion for use
> > in FB15??
> > Regards, Lee
>
> That was 'h02@m...' comment - It made no sense to me hence the '?'
>
> The question still remains - "Why do you need a random number?"
> What are you using it for?
>

The application that I'm converting is generating a seed to use in
generating a session. The comment in the code says that the
programmer who wrote the code thinks that using a seed in combination
with time, makes for a more secure session #! Is this true? I have
no clue. Just trying to get things converted and all the bugs out at
the moment and not making any judgement on the validity of anything at
present. Lee