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src: seed V8's random number generator at startup #6253
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The default entropy source is /dev/urandom on UNIX platforms, which is okay but we can do better by seeding it from OpenSSL's entropy pool. On Windows we can certainly do better; on that platform, V8 seeds the random number generator using only the current system time. Fixes nodejs#6250.
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LGTM, good job |
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Thanks for the review, Fedor. Landed in 7ac2391. |
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The default entropy source is /dev/urandom on UNIX platforms, which is
okay but we can do better by seeding it from OpenSSL's entropy pool.
On Windows we can certainly do better; on that platform, V8 seeds the
random number generator using only the current system time.
Fixes #6250.
Suggested reviewers: @indutny, @piscisaureus