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| [[SSL_services|ssl]] uses nn::os::GenerateRandomBytes, but not [[SPL_services|spl]] GenerateRandomBytes. See the RNG entries elsewhere. This is used to seed the NSS global RNG (drbg.c, RNG_GenerateGlobalRandomBytes etc).
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If one could somehow determine the data which was returned by nn::os::GenerateRandomBytes during seeding (which is likely difficult), the global RNG would be broken.
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With [19.0.0+] nn::os::GenerateRandomBytes usage was replaced with [[SPL_services|spl]] GenerateRandomBytes.
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| Breaking [[SSL_services|ssl]] global RNG -> potentially predict RNG data (keys(?)) during TLS comms.