On May 18, 2012, at 7:10 AM, Aleksander Adamowski wrote: > On Wednesday, August 3, 2011 12:15:32 PM UTC+2, Jorge wrote: >> From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki//dev/random : "The intent is to serve as a >> cryptographically secure pseudorandom number generator, delivering output >> with entropy as large as possible. This is suggested for use in generating >> cryptographic keys for high-value or long-term protection" >> >> $ node >> >function getRandomBytes (howMany) { >> var fs= require('fs'); >> var bytes= new Buffer(howMany); >> var fd= fs.openSync('/dev/random', 'r'); > > This is unnecessary, node.js crypto API has a > http://nodejs.org/docs/v0.6.1/api/crypto.html#randomBytes function that uses > OpenSSL RAND_bytes() to handle this task correctly. > <snip>
I wrote that on August 3, 2011, now look at the date of this: $ git log --grep 'implement randomBytes' commit c4eaf7e5a90e0b923c5b1aff3ccef09c8ea064a9 Author: Ben Noordhuis <[email protected]> Date: Thu Sep 22 20:33:58 2011 +0200 crypto: implement randomBytes() and pseudoRandomBytes() :-P Cheers, -- Jorge. -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en
