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@@ -115,6 +115,10 @@ protected: //! \class BlockingRng
//! \brief Wrapper class for /dev/random and /dev/srandom
//! \details Encapsulates /dev/random on Linux, OS X and Unix; and /dev/srandom on the BSDs.
+//! \note On Linux the /dev/random interface is effectively deprecated. According to the
+//! Kernel Crypto developers, /dev/urandom or getrandom(2) should be used instead. Also
+//! see <A HREF="https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/7/20/993">[RFC PATCH v12 3/4] Linux Random
+//! Number Generator</A> on the kernel-crypto mailing list.
class CRYPTOPP_DLL BlockingRng : public RandomNumberGenerator
{
public:
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