https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=94087
--- Comment #14 from Jonathan Wakely <redi at gcc dot gnu.org> --- (In reply to Jonathan Wakely from comment #13) > I'd rather not have to do everything shown at > https://software.intel.com/content/www/us/en/develop/articles/intel-digital- > random-number-generator-drng-software-implementation-guide.html to produce a That was meant to link to section 5.2.6 "Generating Seeds from RDRAND" https://software.intel.com/content/www/us/en/develop/articles/intel-digital-random-number-generator-drng-software-implementation-guide.html#inpage-nav-5-7 > stronger seed from RDRAND. Given that RDRAND is already an acceptable implementation for std::random_device, and the standard makes no guarantees about the cryptographic strength of values returned from std::random_device, using RDRAND directly is a reasonable alternative.
