Juan Lang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > --- Alexandre Julliard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> That doesn't mean we want to block, especially for things like >> CPGenRandom that don't require the highest quality randomness. > > Wait, why don't we require that much randomness? That doesn't make sense > to me; we don't know what the expectations of the caller are.
That's why /dev/urandom is a better choice. The randomness is good enough for the vast majority of uses, and it doesn't block the process for no good reason. /dev/random should be used only when we specifically know that anything less than highest randomness is unacceptable. -- Alexandre Julliard [EMAIL PROTECTED]
