Some notes about RtlGenRandom
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* memory overhead if this API is not being used for other purposes
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* - `RtlGenRandom` is thus called directly instead. A detailed explanation
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* can be found here: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/michael_howard/2005/01/14/cryptographically-secure-random-number-on-windows-without-using-cryptoapi/
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*
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* In spite of the disclaimer on the `RtlGenRandom` documentation page that was
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* written back in the Windows XP days, this function is here to stay. The CRT
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* function `rand_s()` directly depends on it, so touching it would break many
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* applications released since Windows XP.
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*
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* Also note that Rust and BoringSSL (thus, Google Chrome and everything based
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* on Chromium) also depend on it, and that libsodium allows the RNG to be
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* replaced without patching nor recompiling the library.
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*/
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# include <windows.h>
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# define RtlGenRandom SystemFunction036
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