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generate_secret_with_prng

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generate_secret_with_prng() public

Generate a random secret key with Ruby’s pseudo random number generator, as well as some environment information.

This is the least cryptographically secure way to generate a secret key, and should be avoided whenever possible.

# File railties/lib/rails_generator/secret_key_generator.rb, line 98
    def generate_secret_with_prng
      require 'digest/sha2'
      sha = Digest::SHA2.new(512)
      now = Time.now
      sha << now.to_s
      sha << String(now.usec)
      sha << String(rand(0))
      sha << String($$)
      sha << @identifier
      return sha.hexdigest
    end

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