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abdolahS
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Reputation: 683

C# random function algorithm implementation and its randomness

What is the c# System.Random algorithm implementation and is it a good pseudo-random from cryptography perspective?

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Martin Costello
Martin Costello

Reputation: 10882

The source to Random can be see here: http://referencesource.microsoft.com/#mscorlib/system/random.cs

The Random class is not cryptographically secure. For security purposes, use the System.Security.Cryptography.RNGCryptoServiceProvider class.

Edit 18/04/2021: For .NET Core, you should use the RandomNumberGenerator class for a cross-platform random number generator suitable for security-related scenarios.

Upvotes: 4

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