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Re:Cracking random number generators (xoroshiro128+) by snakeanus on Tuesday August 22, 2017 @10:06AM (#15072503)
> Now urandom is based on chacha

Did Linux follow the example set by OpenBSD?

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Re:Cracking random number generators (xoroshiro128+) by Tomte on Tuesday August 22, 2017 @10:08AM (#15072532)
I think so, yes. getrandom(2) is also an OpenBSD thing (getentropy), but of course they had to rename it and add a few options...
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