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Re: randomness (crypto?) code example wanted please?



On Sun, Jun 25, 2017 at 03:28:59PM +0200, Kamil Rytarowski wrote:
 > On 25.06.2017 14:06, Martin Husemann wrote:
 > > You can also read random bytes from /dev/urandom.
 > 
 > Right this is the most portable solution right now. I don't think
 > RANDOM_BITS or similar is currently useful, it will grow incompatible
 > extension - better to prompt POSIX to standardize something.

You don't want POSIX to start inventing things. Give them an existing
implementation to copy.

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David A. Holland
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