From: already5chosen@yahoo.com   
      
   On Wed, 24 Dec 2025 15:28:24 -0000 (UTC)   
   Michael Sanders  wrote:   
      
   > 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   
   nf-wincrypt-cryptgenrandom   
   > > Win8 and later:   
   > > https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/bcrypt/n   
   -bcrypt-bcryptgenrandom   
   > >   
   >   
   > Was referring to the concept of a device in the same idiom of   
   > BSD/Linux/Apple...   
   >   
   > Something that is just as easy to use.   
   >   
      
   What is not easy in the functions referred above? You do the same   
   couple of steps as on Unix: open device then read few bytes from it.   
   Only names are different.   
      
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