Re: [PATCH] using arc4random for strong randomness matters.

From: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org,ilmari(at)ilmari(dot)org,Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: David CARLIER <devnexen(at)gmail(dot)com>,David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>,pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] using arc4random for strong randomness matters.
Date: 2017-11-22 17:28:34
Message-ID: 039A5A17-66F5-4802-9BD0-332DF59AD06D@anarazel.de
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On November 22, 2017 8:51:07 AM PST, ilmari(at)ilmari(dot)org wrote:
>If what is wanted is something more like /dev/urandom, one can call
>getentropy(2) (or on Linux, getrandom(2)) directly, which avoids having
>to open the device file each time.

What does that buy us for our usages?

Andres
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