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But in the case of HN the RNG was seeded by millisecond-granularity timestamps. This was universally considered bad already in 2009 (it would have been even in
by ot 3y ago
But in the case of HN the RNG was seeded by millisecond-granularity timestamps. This was universally considered bad already in 2009 (it would have been even in 1999). The Debian SSL key scandal happened in 2008.
It is quite a leap to say "timestamp-based seeds are insecure, let's upgrade to lava lamps".