On Sun, May 31, 2020 at 12:26 PM Bruno Haible <br...@clisp.org> wrote: > > Native Windows is the only platform without the /dev/random and > /dev/urandom devices; it therefore needs special code. > > Jeffrey Walton wrote: > > On modern Windows systems you should use BCryptGenRandom for the > > material. CryptGenRandom is deprecated. > > Thanks for the pointer. > > This patch implements it: try BCryptGenRandom first, and fall back on > CryptGenRandom.
There's one platform you might have some trouble with because neither CryptGenRandom or BCryptGenRandom are available. That's Windows Phone 8 and Windows Store 8. I have never experienced the problem in practice. I don't think anyone bothers writing code for Windows Phone 8. Also see https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/en-US/25b83e13-c85f-4aa1-a057-88a279ea3fd6/what-crypto-random-generator-c-code-could-use-on-wp81. Jeff
