Re: /dev/random in 2.4.6

From: David Wagner (daw@mozart.cs.berkeley.edu)
Date: Tue Aug 21 2001 - 13:14:50 EST


Steve Hill wrote:
>I was under the impression that urandom was considered insecure [...]

I think there is a perception among certain quarters that it is insecure,
but I also think this perception is completely unjustified. We don't know
of a single attack, not even an academic weakness.
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