Pro: - Can run in minimal or restricted environment without /dev/urandom - One less file descriptor - Blocks if insufficiently seeded (on at least Linux) Con: - C code - Packager needs to decide on random source ( Linux | BSD | OpenSSL )
Pro: - Can run in minimal or restricted environment without /dev/urandom - One less file descriptor - Blocks if insufficiently seeded (on at least Linux) Con: - C code - Packager needs to decide on random source ( Linux | BSD | OpenSSL )