Re: /dev/random in 2.4.6

From: David Wagner (daw@mozart.cs.berkeley.edu)
Date: Mon Aug 20 2001 - 11:01:12 EST

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Chris Friesen wrote:
>Why don't we also switch to a cryptographically secure algorithm for
>/dev/urandom?

/dev/urandom already is using a cryptographically secure algorithm.
Everything you want is already in place.
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