Re: Support getrandom() for pg_strong_random() source

From: Jacob Champion <jacob(dot)champion(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
To: Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>
Cc: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se>, Masahiko Sawada <sawada(dot)mshk(at)gmail(dot)com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter(at)eisentraut(dot)org>, Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker <ilmari(at)ilmari(dot)org>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>, Joe Conway <mail(at)joeconway(dot)com>
Subject: Re: Support getrandom() for pg_strong_random() source
Date: 2025-10-09 15:21:56
Message-ID: CAOYmi+mMdea2Oz+cASpHSSBZYCZzeoTj6jd09gQjnw4ju5jThg@mail.gmail.com
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On Mon, Oct 6, 2025 at 4:11 PM Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz> wrote:
> Yeah.. I'm not sure that it is our job to draw a strict line, either.
> We are labelled as database specialists. When it comes to
> cryptography, I cannot say for all the others but I'm very confident
> in the fact that I'm bad at it.

Me too... but I do think we have to draw lines if we're going to
develop features on top of pg_strong_random.

--Jacob

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