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Reply to topic   Topic: dev/random for SSL encryption seeding on windows
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PaulnOZ



Joined: 13 Apr 2012
Posts: 2
Location: Brisbane, Australia

PostPosted: Wed 25 Jun '14 7:41    Post subject: dev/random for SSL encryption seeding on windows Reply with quote

G'day all,

What's the go with seeding the PRNG on windows as there isn't dev/random or dev/urandom?

Should I use CryptoAPI or just use a file with random contents and change it often, or just leave the PRNG to "almost" randomise itself?

Thanks,

Paul
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James Blond
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Joined: 19 Jan 2006
Posts: 7373
Location: Germany, Next to Hamburg

PostPosted: Wed 25 Jun '14 13:53    Post subject: Reply with quote

just use builtin

Code:

SSLRandomSeed startup builtin
SSLRandomSeed connect builtin
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