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Re:Ruby Bug: SecureRandom should try /dev/urandom first by tptacek on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @01:59PM (#11630257)
FreeBSD blocks until the generator is seeded. I think Linux urandom should do the same thing. But once it's seeded, there is no reason for the generator ever to block again.
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Re:Ruby Bug: SecureRandom should try /dev/urandom first by JoachimSchipper on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @02:51PM (#11630693)
Yes, that's what I meant. Edited for clarity, thanks!
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