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Select the primary source of seed data for the "SHA1PRNG" and "NativePRNG" SecureRandom implementations in the "Sun" provider. (Other SecureRandom implementations might also use this property.)
On Unix-like systems (for example, Solaris/Linux/MacOS), the "NativePRNG" and "SHA1PRNG" implementations obtains seed data from special device files such as file:/dev/random.
On Windows systems, specifying the URLs "file:/dev/random" or "file:/dev/urandom" will enable the native Microsoft CryptoAPI seeding mechanism for SHA1PRNG.
By default, an attempt is made to use the entropy gathering device specified by the "securerandom.source" Security property. If an exception occurs while accessing the specified URL:
SHA1PRNG: the traditional system/thread activity algorithm will be used. NativePRNG: a default value of /dev/random will be used. If neither are available, the implementation will be disabled. "file" is the only currently supported protocol type.