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So this makes /dev/urandom more like Window's CryptGenRandom (aka RtlGenRandom) which is using AES256 running in CTR mode as a DRNG. I'm curious why there stil
by ryuuchin 10y ago
So this makes /dev/urandom more like Window's CryptGenRandom (aka RtlGenRandom) which is using AES256 running in CTR mode as a DRNG.
I'm curious why there still needs to be a distinct /dev/random though. Hasn't history shown that they should really just both point to the same thing? Is there really a need for the difference here? Ditto with the entropy estimation, why is this still a thing?