Any RNG better than %RANDOM% ?

NovHak

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Dear forum readers !

I've had some unpleasant surprises recently using the well known %RANDOM% special environment variable, so my question is simple, yet the answer may not : is there any other random number generator I can use on Windows 8.1, such as the one used to generate SSL session keys, or RSA keys ? Since cryptographic key unpredictability is a security concern, I guess the RNG behind key generation should be good enough, at last :)

Ideally, something as good (or better, heh) as the Linux command :
dd count=1 if=/dev/random | hd >random.txt

which generates a text file with a hex dump of one block (512 bytes) of random data.

If needed, never tried before, but I should be able to start using some powershell script.

Thanks for your help !
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Professional
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Clevo P170SM-A
    CPU
    Intel Core i7-4710MQ
    Memory
    16 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia GTX 880M
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