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 !
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
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- 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