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LibreSSL's PRNG is Unsafe on Linux [Update: LibreSSL fork fix]
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Playing with canaries - elttam
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| | elttam is a globally recognised, independent information security company, renowned for our advanced technical security assessments.
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Myths about /dev/urandom
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| | [AI summary] The article discusses the use of /dev/random and /dev/urandom in Linux systems for generating random numbers. It highlights that /dev/urandom is generally preferred over /dev/random due to its non-blocking nature and sufficient cryptographic security. The article also addresses misconceptions in the man pages and emphasizes that /dev/urandom is safe for most applications, including cryptographic uses, as long as the initial seeding is done properly. It mentions that while /dev/random is considered a legacy interface, it's not always necessary, and modern Linux distributions and syscalls like getrandom(2) provide better alternatives.
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How to Securely Generate Random Strings and Integers in PHP - Paragon Initiative Enterprises Blog
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| | A lesson on cryptographically secure pseudorandom number generators in PHP, and how to generate random integers and strings from a high quality entropy source like /dev/urandom to generate secure random passwords in PHP.
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Contemplating Randomness | Speculative Branches
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| I have recently been immersed in the theory and practice of random number generation while working on Arbitrand, a new high-quality true random number ...