On Linux's /dev/random, /dev/urandom, getrandom()

other.arkitech other.arkitech at protonmail.com
Sat Dec 21 03:32:23 PST 2019


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On Friday, December 20, 2019 9:07 PM, coderman <coderman at protonmail.com> wrote:

> tldr;
>
> Just use /dev/urandom!

I think urandom is secure as long as its output pass the Marsaglia die hard tests  (provide a fair unbiased unpredictable stream of bits)
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