Security News > 2022 > March > Linux Improves Its Random Number Generator
2022-03-24 11:38
In kernel version 5.17, both /dev/random and /dev/urandom have been replaced with a new — identical — algorithm based on the BLAKE2 hash function, which is an excellent security improvement.
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