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You shouldn't use /dev/random. The article makes that very clear.

• ComodoHacker 10y ago
  /dev/random still exists for a reason, and I believe the reason isn't backward compatibility only.
  • marcosdumay 10y ago
    I do believe the reasons are exactly backward compatibility and politics¹. 1 - As in "oh just keep it there, it's easier than convincing everybody that it's useless".
  • teamhappy 10y ago
    "The /dev/random interface is considered a legacy interface, and /dev/urandom is preferred and sufficient in all use cases, with the exception of applications which require randomness during early boot time; ..." From http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man4/urandom.4.html http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man4/urandom.4.html
    • ComodoHacker 10y ago
      OK, "applications which require randomness during early boot time" is one such case. Thank you for pointing out.
      • tptacek 10y ago
        No, it isn't. During early boot time, you should use the system call interface, not the special files.