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Myths about /dev/urandom

Myths about /dev/urandom There are a few things about /dev/urandom and /dev/random that are repeated again and again. Still they are false. I'm mostly talking about reasonably recent Linux systems. A few remarks about FreeBSD or other systems may be found here and there. /dev/urandom is insecure. Al...

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