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Replace srand and lrand calls with /dev/random #70

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lovasko opened this issue Mar 2, 2019 · 0 comments
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Replace srand and lrand calls with /dev/random #70

lovasko opened this issue Mar 2, 2019 · 0 comments
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lovasko commented Mar 2, 2019

  • the random key generation currently uses lrand48 and srand48 functions
  • these are cryptographically unsafe and shall be replaced with /dev/random
  • even though /dev/random is not entirely standard, it is present on all major and minor platforms
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