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Re: Secure random ID generation

From: <Valdis.Kletnieks(at)vt.edu>
Date: Wed Dec 04 2002 - 01:19:01 EST

On Tue, 03 Dec 2002 19:26:23 EST, Jose Nazario said:
> On Tue, 3 Dec 2002 Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:

Not only do some systems not have a /dev/random, but most languages have a truly abysmal built-in PRNG. Using it may be a lot easier, but if you're using a poor PRNG, you'll pay for it later....

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