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Re: New function: secure-random-bytes
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Leo |
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Re: New function: secure-random-bytes |
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Sat, 25 Jun 2011 15:26:42 +0800 |
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On 2011-06-25 01:33 +0800, Paul Eggert wrote:
> I suggest using ISAAC-64, which is what coreutils' random-bytes
> generators use by default. (Coreutils originally defaulted to
> /dev/urandom, but users complained because that was too slow.)
> On my list of things to do is to gnulib-ize the coreutils
> ISAAC-64 and random-bytes generators, and I can do that if
> there's interest.
This looks like a better solution. I like it.
Leo