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From: Bram Cohen (bramgawth.com)
Date: Fri Feb 09 2001 - 04:26:20 CST

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    On Wed, 7 Feb 2001, Wei Dai wrote:
    >
    > Instead of using /dev/random directly, grab 160 bits from it as a seed for
    > your own PRNG, and then generate q using that.

    Or use /dev/urandom or if you're administering the machine make
    /dev/random point to /dev/urandom like it should have in the first place.

    -Bram Cohen

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