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docs: more explicit crypto.pseudoRandomBytes information
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Updates the docs for the crypto.pseudoRandomBytes function
to more explicitly detail how it's the same as crypto.randomBytes
just without a safety net (e.g. it doesn't throw an error when
there is low entropy).
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calvinmetcalf authored and Calvin Metcalf committed Jan 22, 2015
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## crypto.pseudoRandomBytes(size[, callback])

Generates *non*-cryptographically strong pseudo-random data. The data
returned will be unique if it is sufficiently long, but is not
necessarily unpredictable. For this reason, the output of this
function should never be used where unpredictability is important,
such as in the generation of encryption keys.

Usage is otherwise identical to `crypto.randomBytes`.
Identical to `crypto.randomBytes` except that, instead of throwing an error when
there is not enough accumulated entropy to generate cryptographically strong data,
it will silently return **non**-cryptographically strong data.

## Class: Certificate

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