Re: Secure random ID generation

From: Jose Nazario (joseat_private)
Date: Tue Dec 03 2002 - 16:26:23 PST

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On Tue, 3 Dec 2002 Valdis.Kletnieksat_private wrote:

> Not all systems have a /dev/random.

secure, portale (ie userland) entropy gathering daemons exist. however,
most languages have some form of a PRNG. its a lot easier than trying to
write your own.

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