There's a new getrandom call in the kernel since 3.19. When I look in the /usr/include/linux/random.h, it is there, but commented out. Since this call uses /dev/urandom or /dev/random, it is far better than the rand () and random () calls, which are linear congruential and repeat after only 2**31 calls. The PRNG in the kernel is a modified mersenne twister, and the repeat is, from memory, ~2**1700. Not to mention that it is modified, and so is better.
Here's a link to an online man page. http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/getrandom.2.html Was there a security issue? Or is it just not ready for prime time? -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
