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<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Salt_(cryptography)/9g6l177I">Salt (cryptography)</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Pseudorandomness/kfs1wfhY">Pseudorandomness</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Cryptographic_nonce/ENHRCGnw">Cryptographic nonce</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Initialization_vector/qlVQjCS3">Initialization vector</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/%2fdev%2frandom/o7Xrsrcw">/dev/random</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>Ward, Mark (2015-08-09). "Web's random numbers are too weak, researchers warn". BBC News. BBC. Archived from the original on 2025-03-23. Retrieved 2025-02-08. <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-33839925" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-33839925</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>Parker, Matthew (2021). Humble Pi. London: Riverhead Books. pp. 41–48. ISBN 9780593084694. <a href="9780593084694" target="_blank">9780593084694</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>"Seeding the Random Number Generator". help.perforce.com. Archived from the original on 2025-03-23. Retrieved 2025-02-08. <a href="https://help.perforce.com/sourcepro/current/HTML/index.html#page/SourcePro_Net/securityug-UsingSecureSockets.33.15.html" target="_blank">https://help.perforce.com/sourcepro/current/HTML/index.html#page/SourcePro_Net/securityug-UsingSecureSockets.33.15.html</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>"Seeding the Random Number Generator". help.perforce.com. Archived from the original on 2025-03-23. Retrieved 2025-02-08. <a href="https://help.perforce.com/sourcepro/current/HTML/index.html#page/SourcePro_Net/securityug-UsingSecureSockets.33.15.html" target="_blank">https://help.perforce.com/sourcepro/current/HTML/index.html#page/SourcePro_Net/securityug-UsingSecureSockets.33.15.html</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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