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Diffstat (limited to 'libpam/pam_delay.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | libpam/pam_delay.c | 12 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/libpam/pam_delay.c b/libpam/pam_delay.c index 972e72b6..549da896 100644 --- a/libpam/pam_delay.c +++ b/libpam/pam_delay.c @@ -44,10 +44,10 @@ void _pam_start_timer(pam_handle_t *pamh) /* ******************************************************************* * Compute a pseudo random time. The value is base*(1 +/- 1/5) where - * the distribution is pseudo gausian (the sum of three evenly + * the distribution is pseudo gaussian (the sum of three evenly * distributed random numbers -- central limit theorem and all ;^) The * linear random numbers are based on a formulae given in Knuth's - * Seminumerical recipies that was reproduced in `Numerical Recipies + * Seminumerical recipes that was reproduced in `Numerical Recipes * in C'. It is *not* a cryptographically strong generator, but it is * probably "good enough" for our purposes here. * @@ -79,9 +79,11 @@ static unsigned int _pam_compute_delay(unsigned int seed, unsigned int base) } /* ********************************************************************** - * the following function sleeps for a random time. The actual time - * slept is computed above.. It is based on the requested time but will - * differ by up to +/- 50%. + * By default, the following function sleeps for a random time. The + * actual time slept is computed above. It is based on the requested + * time but will differ by up to +/- 50%. If the PAM_FAIL_DELAY item is + * set by the client, this function will call the function referenced by + * that item, overriding the default behavior. */ void _pam_await_timer(pam_handle_t *pamh, int status) |