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Subject: Re: /dev/random in 2.4.6
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Chris Friesen  wrote:
>Why don't we also switch to a cryptographically secure algorithm for
>/dev/urandom?

/dev/urandom already is using a cryptographically secure algorithm.
Everything you want is already in place.