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Re:Myths about /dev/urandom (2014) by tossedaway334 on Thursday January 05, 2017 @09:37PM (#13333469)
arc4random uses chacha20 on openBSD now, has for several years, OSX and FreeBSD are yet to update...
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Re:Myths about /dev/urandom (2014) by eddieh on Thursday January 05, 2017 @09:44PM (#13333504)
The macOS Sierra man page says it uses the NIST-approved AES cipher and will be replaced as the techniques advance.
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