Java Snippet - Using SecureRandom

A better random number generator

import java.security.SecureRandom;

...

public static SecureRandom random = null;
 
static {
    try {
        random = SecureRandom.getInstance("SHA1PRNG");
        random.setSeed( random.generateSeed(256) );
    } catch( Exception e ) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
}

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Published:
17th May 2005 / 10:05pm
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