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61 <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-1733' xml:id='l2h-1733' class="function">urandom</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
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64Return a string of <var>n</var> random bytes suitable for cryptographic use.
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67This function returns random bytes from an OS-specific
68randomness source. The returned data should be unpredictable enough for
69cryptographic applications, though its exact quality depends on the OS
70implementation. On a UNIX-like system this will query /dev/urandom, and
71on Windows it will use CryptGenRandom. If a randomness source is not
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