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A comment on Random Number Generator Recommendations for Applications. Parent comment

Re:Random Number Generator Recommendations for Applications by jagged-chisel on Tuesday May 30, 2023 @05:05PM (#36130786)
How does the quality of random_bytes() compare?
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Re:Random Number Generator Recommendations for Applications by djbusby on Tuesday May 30, 2023 @05:30PM (#36131148)
The manual says it uses high-quality sources

https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.random-bytes.php

Edit: the PHP docs seem to meet the requirements from the article but, the article has a different recommendation (odd?, Maybe I missed something)

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Re:Random Number Generator Recommendations for Applications by some_furry on Tuesday May 30, 2023 @10:39PM (#36133858)
It uses the OS's cryptographic RNG.
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