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Do not depend on /dev/urandom

Posted by feiming on November 18, 2007 at 6:14am
Project:OpenID
Version:5.x-1.0
Component:OpenID Client
Category:feature request
Priority:minor
Assigned:Unassigned
Status:active

Issue Summary

my web hosting company do not provide /dev/urandom.is there other alternative to /dev/urandom??how about srand()?

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Posted by anarcat on March 17, 2009 at 9:08pm
Title:/dev/urandom» Do not depend on /dev/urandom
Category:support request» feature request
Priority:normal» minor

Something like mt-srand() could indeed be used, although it may be less secure.