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Re:Myths about /dev/urandom (2014) by tptacek on Saturday August 18, 2018 @08:53PM (#17791837)
What does "acquiring entropy" mean here? There is no reason a properly seeded CSPRNG should ever need to block.
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Re:Myths about /dev/urandom (2014) by John_KZ on Sunday August 19, 2018 @08:59AM (#17794112)
I don't think you understand how CSPRNGs work.
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Re:Myths about /dev/urandom (2014) by tptacek on Sunday August 19, 2018 @11:30AM (#17794640)
Do go on.
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