On 11/15/16, Jens Alfke <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> SQLite documentation does not describe which
> random number generator is used; it just calls it “pseudo-random”.

The SQLite PRNG uses RC4 and is seeded from /dev/random (on unix - the
seeding on windows is not as good).  So randomblob() does provide
decent randomness.  I would be hesitant to base a cryptosystem on it,
but it should be plenty adequate for UUIDs.

-- 
D. Richard Hipp
[email protected]
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