Re: Secure random ID generation

From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
Date: 12/03/02

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From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2002 15:22:20 -0500

    On Tue, 03 Dec 2002 14:28:40 CST, Alex Russell <alex@netWindows.org> said:
    > why not just base64 encode some string of abritrary length from /dev/random?

    Not all systems have a /dev/random.