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We now have crypto/rand back ends that ~never fail (github.com/golang)
3 points by weinzierl on April 14, 2024 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


This is really great, especially in the context of virtual machines, routers, etc that might not have any real CPRNG seeding. Blocking until the PRNG is ready (havaged etc) is vastly preferable to returning an error in most cases.




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