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Authored by tuexen on Aug 23 2018, 7:31 AM.
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jmg@ has suggested to use arc4rand() instead of read_random() as indicated by the man read_random.

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jmg added reviewers: gordon, delphij.

IMO, looks good to me.

Added our SO as well.

Add secteam instead of just me.

LGTM.

It seems that the other read_random instances in network stack should do the same as well (probably beyond scope of this changeset though).

This revision is now accepted and ready to land.Aug 23 2018, 6:16 PM
This revision was automatically updated to reflect the committed changes.