| ▲ | sltkr an hour ago | |
Yes, on any modern system you should use the kernel provided random number sources. The only legitimate reason to roll your own is when you're developing for an embedded system or a bootloader or something like that where there is no kernel API available. | ||
| ▲ | strenholme an hour ago | parent [-] | |
The code I wrote has been used by embedded developers in embedded spaces; I remember getting a bug report from someone in China because they used my code in an embedded system before the timestamp was correctly set on said system. | ||