From: porkchop@invalid.foo   
      
   On Wed, 24 Dec 2025 10:51:14 +0200, Michael S wrote:   
      
   > On Tue, 23 Dec 2025 07:25:42 -0000 (UTC)   
   > Michael Sanders  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Tue, 23 Dec 2025 00:39:49 -0000 (UTC), John McCue wrote:   
   >>   
   >> > I like to just read /dev/urandom when I need a random   
   >> > number.  Seem easier and more portable across Linux &   
   >> > the *BSDs.   
   >> >   
   >> > int s;   
   >> > read(fd, &s, sizeof(int));   
   >>   
   >> Thanks John. Wish there was such a 'device' under Windows...   
   >>   
   >   
   > There is.   
   > Windows XP/Vista/7:   
   > https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/wincrypt/n   
   -wincrypt-cryptgenrandom   
   > Win8 and later:   
   > https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/bcrypt/nf-   
   crypt-bcryptgenrandom   
      
   Was referring to the concept of a device in the same idiom of BS   
   /Linux/Apple...   
      
   Something that is just as easy to use.   
      
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   Mike Sanders   
      
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