"Dan Fandrich" <dan_at_coneharvesters.com> wrote:

> A straightforward method I've seen used and used myself in the past
> is to simply look for a binary '\0' (nul) byte in the first X bytes, where X
> should be at least a couple of KB to increase the possibility that pure random
> bytes result in at least one nul.

Sounds good and safe enough.

--gv
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Received on 2014-02-27