[fpc-pascal] quality of FPC random

[Michael Schnell]

On 08/14/2015 03:47 PM, Jonas Maebe wrote:
>
>>   My question is: is FPC built-in PRNG good enough as comparing to 
>> /dev/urandom?
>
> No PRNG is suited for that purpose, because every PRNG is by 
> definition predictable and you need unpredictable numbers for IVs.
>

How should /dev/urandom not be predictable (as any software random 
generator is)  ?

Decent Wifi hubs use hardware of some kind.

-Michael