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makomk
4210 days ago
arc4random
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their high-quality pseudorandom generator that's seeded from a good source of randomness (namely, the getentropy system call).
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thirsteh
4210 days ago
Yes, but like urandom the general intent (at least when performance is desired) is you use it to seed your own PRNG and avoid making system calls every time you need random data.
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