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How many combinations of md5sums can be computed from a call to random() in PostgreSQL?
Problem space I'm way out of my pay grade, I'm trying to figure out How much randomness does a call to random() actually provide in PostgreSQL? SELECT random(); Whether or not you can reasonably ...
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Is Postgres's uuid_generate_v4 securely random?
I'm using Postgres's uuid_generate_v4 in a uuid primary key column to generate secure one-time authentication tokens. Is this okay? Does Postgres use a secure random number source for generating these ...
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