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From: daw@mozart.cs.berkeley.edu (David Wagner)
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Subject: Re: [RFC] frandom - fast random generator module
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bill davidsen wrote:
>I know someone noted that frandom couldn't just replace urandom, but I
>don't recall why.

Because we don't have enough confidence in the cryptographic
security of frandom.