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by ale_jrb 2356 days ago
I understood it that reading from `/dev/random` will still block just after boot (i.e. before it's initialised) unless you pass the new flag `GRND_INSECURE` to `getrandom`. After it's initialised, however, it will never block because it's now just using the CRNG.
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Please don't confuse `/dev/random` and `getrandom` - they are separate interfaces.