Re: [RFC] [DISCUSSION] Reliable user-land CSPRNG
| From: | Anthony Ferrara | Date: | Tue, 24 Feb 2015 21:33:41 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: [RFC] [DISCUSSION] Reliable user-land CSPRNG | ||
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Padraic,
On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 4:17 PM, Pádraic Brady <padraic.brady@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi
>
> On 24 February 2015 at 20:04, Anthony Ferrara <ircmaxell@gmail.com> wrote:
>> If random_bytes() is harder than uniqid(), it's a non-starter.
>
> Technically, it will be harder than uniqid() if producing strictly
> random bytes (if output needs to be printable/readable).
> That's not a "bad" thing obviously!
Sure. But does that indicate the need for a "random_string()" function?
I don't know...
Anthony