Myths about /dev/urandom
There are a few things about /dev/urandom and /dev/random that are repeated again and again. Still they are false.
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random-bytes-readable-stream github.com
Cross-platform fs.createReadStream('/dev/urandom').
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Security Recommendations for Any Device that Depends on Randomly-Generated Numbers av8n.com
“The phrase 'random number generator' should be parsed as follows: It is a random generator of numbers. It is not a generator of random numbers.”
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Falsehoods about Plain Text jeremyhussell.blogspot.com
Plain text can't cut it, which makes Unicode even more incredible for its ability to just work well.
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Falsehoods about Unix Time alexwlchan.net
Mind the leap second!
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Fallacies of Distributed Computing en.wikipedia.org
Assumptions that programmers new to distributed applications invariably make.
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