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crypto/rand: Reader docs say /dev/urandom but really uses getrandom(2) on Linux when available #11831

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tv42 opened this issue Jul 23, 2015 · 1 comment
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crypto/rand: Reader docs say /dev/urandom but really uses getrandom(2) on Linux when available #11831

tv42 opened this issue Jul 23, 2015 · 1 comment
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tv42 commented Jul 23, 2015

On Unix-like systems, Reader reads from /dev/urandom.

It has been improved since, and is better than that. The docs should reflect this.
@ianlancetaylor ianlancetaylor added this to the Go1.5Maybe milestone Jul 23, 2015
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CL https://golang.org/cl/12515 mentions this issue.

@mikioh mikioh modified the milestones: Go1.5, Go1.5Maybe Jul 26, 2015
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