[TYPO3-core] RFC #9852: Feature: Provide a random byte generator in TYPO3 Core

[Xavier Perseguers]

Hi,

>>> Maybe we should note in the comment that /dev/random would be better,
>>> but is not used in favor of a non blocking solution.
>> There was a (very) long discussion on this issue before OpenID sysext 
>> was committed to trunk. Please consider using its code for accessing 
>> /dev/random, /dev/urandom or any other random block device or fallback 
>> to a PRNG.
> 
> I don't want to start this discussion all over. I'm fine with the
> provided solution and gave my +1. For my, and probably most others use
> cases /dev/urandom is sufficient, I would just like to see (and don't
> insist on) a comment to state the difference to /dev/random.

Sorry, I did not pay attention that the code included the OS check, I 
only read Dmitry's comment ;-)

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Xavier Perseguers
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